Immanuel's Veins
Immanuel's Veins
“They stood still, watching, as if my running to that door was precisely what they had in mind for me.
Or because they knew it was barred.
I pulled up hard and grasped the handle. Shoved it down. The door flew open under my weight. I leaped through and spun to seal it shut.
The sight of them standing there, simply watching, unnerved me to the core. Their eyes red like fire, their faces white like cotton, their mouths drawn with poise, like those portraits on the wall. Unmoving. Rigid. Unreal but... so very real.
Then two flew, streaks of black, whispers of blown smoke. Directly toward me.
I slammed the door shut as they crashed into the other side. The bolt was there, at my hand, and I shoved it home.
Whether because they had better plans or because they could not breach this door I don’t know, but they made no attempt to force the door open or break it down.
I found myself at one end of a stone hallway that headed toward the same side of the castle where I’d descended into the tunnels with Sofia the day before.MoreLess
Or because they knew it was barred.
I pulled up hard and grasped the handle. Shoved it down. The door flew open under my weight. I leaped through and spun to seal it shut.
The sight of them standing there, simply watching, unnerved me to the core. Their eyes red like fire, their faces white like cotton, their mouths drawn with poise, like those portraits on the wall. Unmoving. Rigid. Unreal but... so very real.
Then two flew, streaks of black, whispers of blown smoke. Directly toward me.
I slammed the door shut as they crashed into the other side. The bolt was there, at my hand, and I shoved it home.
Whether because they had better plans or because they could not breach this door I don’t know, but they made no attempt to force the door open or break it down.
I found myself at one end of a stone hallway that headed toward the same side of the castle where I’d descended into the tunnels with Sofia the day before.MoreLess
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