Bound (2012)
“I reached out to the magic and felt the Quartoren’s wards in place just like at school. Like my very own supernatural alarm system. I was safe here.
Safe and terrified.
I lay in bed for a long time and listened to the familiar noises of our house—the radiator knocking, the foundation settling. The occasional snore from my parents’ room. Comforting noises. But they didn’t soothe me the way they used to.
I threw the covers back, wincing at the icy floorboards underneath my feet. Warm milk. As a k...id, whenever I couldn’t sleep, my mom made me a mug of warm milk with vanilla. I eased open the door, left the hall light off so as not to wake my parents, and felt my way downstairs to the kitchen.
Nerves jangling, I flipped on the stove light, casting a comforting glow around the room. I pulled a mug from the cabinet and filled it with milk, then crossed over to the spice cabinet, where Mom kept the vanilla extract.
“I thought you might want your books,” said my uncle, strolling in from the pitch black living room.MoreLess
Safe and terrified.
I lay in bed for a long time and listened to the familiar noises of our house—the radiator knocking, the foundation settling. The occasional snore from my parents’ room. Comforting noises. But they didn’t soothe me the way they used to.
I threw the covers back, wincing at the icy floorboards underneath my feet. Warm milk. As a k...id, whenever I couldn’t sleep, my mom made me a mug of warm milk with vanilla. I eased open the door, left the hall light off so as not to wake my parents, and felt my way downstairs to the kitchen.
Nerves jangling, I flipped on the stove light, casting a comforting glow around the room. I pulled a mug from the cabinet and filled it with milk, then crossed over to the spice cabinet, where Mom kept the vanilla extract.
“I thought you might want your books,” said my uncle, strolling in from the pitch black living room.MoreLess
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