Extraordinary October (2016)
“I leapt out from behind the rock so angry I didn’t even think to be frightened of the crows or the slobbers or her. “What have you done to my dad? What are you doing to these people?”
“They’re not people,” she said. “You know that.”
She was perfectly calm, her voice as soft and low and controlled as when I met her. It set my teeth on edge. My stomach threatened to return all the Chinese food I’d eaten.
“Dad!” I shouted. I ran toward the platform. Crows launched themselves toward me, ready to at...tack. I pointed at them. “Stop it!” They stopped in mid air. I pointed at the slobber running toward me. “Go away!” It disintegrated. The noise of the saw stopped and it was quiet. The prisoners were watching me. I put my hands on my hips and stared at Madame Gold. “Give me my father. Now.”
“You are not Queen yet,” she said. “For now, I am in command of this place. I have much work to do in the next nineteen hours.”
She clapped her hands. The giant backhoe started up again and another tree rocked back and forth.MoreLess
“They’re not people,” she said. “You know that.”
She was perfectly calm, her voice as soft and low and controlled as when I met her. It set my teeth on edge. My stomach threatened to return all the Chinese food I’d eaten.
“Dad!” I shouted. I ran toward the platform. Crows launched themselves toward me, ready to at...tack. I pointed at them. “Stop it!” They stopped in mid air. I pointed at the slobber running toward me. “Go away!” It disintegrated. The noise of the saw stopped and it was quiet. The prisoners were watching me. I put my hands on my hips and stared at Madame Gold. “Give me my father. Now.”
“You are not Queen yet,” she said. “For now, I am in command of this place. I have much work to do in the next nineteen hours.”
She clapped her hands. The giant backhoe started up again and another tree rocked back and forth.MoreLess
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