Eban (2015)
“The faintest hint of something rotten hung on the wind. She didn’t feel comfortable out here alone and she wasn’t the only one, judging by the way the streets had taken on the abandoned look again.
The box lunches she’d picked up from Lois’s cafe weighed her arms down. Going out for lunch didn’t seem like such a good idea anymore, but no one occupying Eban’s clinic felt much like cooking. The Heckmasters sat at the table in the kitchen, watching the windows and doors as though they expected... Astaroth to burst through any moment. She’d been a little surprised when they agreed to let her go to Lois’s to pick up lunch on her own. Or maybe one of them was watching her right now. Tell was practically a chameleon, the way he haunted shadows and dimly lit spaces.
Overhead, the sun beamed with particular harshness. Sweat beaded at her collar, clinging despite the persistent wind. There weren’t many clouds, but the few hovering around the sun were dark and threatening.MoreLess
The box lunches she’d picked up from Lois’s cafe weighed her arms down. Going out for lunch didn’t seem like such a good idea anymore, but no one occupying Eban’s clinic felt much like cooking. The Heckmasters sat at the table in the kitchen, watching the windows and doors as though they expected... Astaroth to burst through any moment. She’d been a little surprised when they agreed to let her go to Lois’s to pick up lunch on her own. Or maybe one of them was watching her right now. Tell was practically a chameleon, the way he haunted shadows and dimly lit spaces.
Overhead, the sun beamed with particular harshness. Sweat beaded at her collar, clinging despite the persistent wind. There weren’t many clouds, but the few hovering around the sun were dark and threatening.MoreLess
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