Local Hero (2012)
“The ship was nearly out of oxygen, and he was nearly out of time. A life span could pass in front of the eyes in a matter of seconds. He was grateful that he was alone so no one else could witness his joys and mistakes.
Leilah, it was always Leilah. With each ragged breath he could see her, the clear blue eyes and golden hair of his one and only beloved. As the warning siren inside the cockpit wailed, he could hear Leilah’s laughter. Tender, sweet. Then mocking.
“By the red sun, how hap...py we were together!” The words shuddered out between gasps as he dragged himself over the floor toward the command console. “Lovers, partners, friends.”
The pain in his lungs grew worse. It seared through him like dozens of hot knives tipped with poison from the pits of Argenham. He couldn’t waste air on useless words. But his thoughts . . . his thoughts even now were on Leilah.
That she, the only woman he had ever loved, should be the cause of his ultimate destruction!MoreLess
Leilah, it was always Leilah. With each ragged breath he could see her, the clear blue eyes and golden hair of his one and only beloved. As the warning siren inside the cockpit wailed, he could hear Leilah’s laughter. Tender, sweet. Then mocking.
“By the red sun, how hap...py we were together!” The words shuddered out between gasps as he dragged himself over the floor toward the command console. “Lovers, partners, friends.”
The pain in his lungs grew worse. It seared through him like dozens of hot knives tipped with poison from the pits of Argenham. He couldn’t waste air on useless words. But his thoughts . . . his thoughts even now were on Leilah.
That she, the only woman he had ever loved, should be the cause of his ultimate destruction!MoreLess
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