Out of Sight
“Prickling skimmed up Sykes’s spine, reminding him to breathe. He disengaged the cat’s claws from his thighs and moved to get up.
More feet hit the stairs lower down, these pounding the treads a lot faster, drumming upward, in fact.
The boy stood there, unmoving, his black canvas duster almost scraping the floor. Sykes thought he was watchful but without seeing the kid’s eyes, who knew?
The next kick in the gut for Sykes was Poppy, walking in slowly and making straight for him. She looked at him... as if she didn’t see anyone else.
“Hey,” he said, meeting her before she was far inside the room. “You came to find me.” Sheesh, this would teach him the dangers of acting rashly. He had never put a friend or family member in a trance until today—he was only supposed to use that ability under extreme conditions. But they had been extreme. She was insisting on going to visit a murderer on her own.
“Poppy?”
Okay, so he didn’t know if Ward was a murderer, but the man had spent the day with the police talking about a murder.MoreLess
More feet hit the stairs lower down, these pounding the treads a lot faster, drumming upward, in fact.
The boy stood there, unmoving, his black canvas duster almost scraping the floor. Sykes thought he was watchful but without seeing the kid’s eyes, who knew?
The next kick in the gut for Sykes was Poppy, walking in slowly and making straight for him. She looked at him... as if she didn’t see anyone else.
“Hey,” he said, meeting her before she was far inside the room. “You came to find me.” Sheesh, this would teach him the dangers of acting rashly. He had never put a friend or family member in a trance until today—he was only supposed to use that ability under extreme conditions. But they had been extreme. She was insisting on going to visit a murderer on her own.
“Poppy?”
Okay, so he didn’t know if Ward was a murderer, but the man had spent the day with the police talking about a murder.MoreLess
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