Barking (2012)
“‘Oh shit, I think I broke a tooth.’ Not a dream after all. Duncan snapped out of it, shoved with the flat of his hand and forced her away, or tried to. He pushed quite hard, but she wouldn’t budge.
She’d bitten him (so much for twice shy) but of course he was invulnerable: unbreakable skin. He had an idea, though, that it had been a pretty close run thing. Those teeth had been sharp— ‘Oh,’ he said.
She was looking at him. The same sort of profound irritation he’d seen in the eyes of Ms Bick, wh...en he’d shown up uninvited in her front office— - Which suddenly made sense. ‘That explains it,’ he said.
‘What?’ ‘Your office,’ he replied. ‘Why it’s underground. No windows. No windows, no daylight.’ The frown deepened, then shattered into a rather nice smile. ‘You and South-West Trains,’ she said. ‘Slow, but you get there in the end. And no, there’re no mirrors in the ladies’ loo, either.’ ‘No point?’ ‘That’s right. Look, you wouldn’t happen to have a couple of aspirin, would you?MoreLess
She’d bitten him (so much for twice shy) but of course he was invulnerable: unbreakable skin. He had an idea, though, that it had been a pretty close run thing. Those teeth had been sharp— ‘Oh,’ he said.
She was looking at him. The same sort of profound irritation he’d seen in the eyes of Ms Bick, wh...en he’d shown up uninvited in her front office— - Which suddenly made sense. ‘That explains it,’ he said.
‘What?’ ‘Your office,’ he replied. ‘Why it’s underground. No windows. No windows, no daylight.’ The frown deepened, then shattered into a rather nice smile. ‘You and South-West Trains,’ she said. ‘Slow, but you get there in the end. And no, there’re no mirrors in the ladies’ loo, either.’ ‘No point?’ ‘That’s right. Look, you wouldn’t happen to have a couple of aspirin, would you?MoreLess
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