Petrified
“Nathan was nearly asleep himself when he heard the door of his room open, and somebody step quietly inside. It didn’t disturb him. The nurses came in to check up on him at least twice during the night. But after more than a minute, he realized that whoever it was, they still hadn’t left.
He lifted his head from the pillow. At first he couldn’t see anyone, but then he gradually began to make out the dark shape of somebody sitting in the armchair on the opposite side of the room. He could smell a... grassy aftershave, too.
He reached across and switched on his bedside lamp.
‘Shit,’ he said, and he jumped almost as violently as Braydon Harris had when they had startled him awake from his nightmare.
Sitting with his legs crossed and a sloping smile on his face was Theodor Zauber, dressed entirely in black – black three-piece suit, black silk shirt, black necktie, black polished shoes. His hands were steepled as if he were about to deliver a lecture, or say a prayer. The bedside lamp was reflected in both lenses of his spectacles.MoreLess
He lifted his head from the pillow. At first he couldn’t see anyone, but then he gradually began to make out the dark shape of somebody sitting in the armchair on the opposite side of the room. He could smell a... grassy aftershave, too.
He reached across and switched on his bedside lamp.
‘Shit,’ he said, and he jumped almost as violently as Braydon Harris had when they had startled him awake from his nightmare.
Sitting with his legs crossed and a sloping smile on his face was Theodor Zauber, dressed entirely in black – black three-piece suit, black silk shirt, black necktie, black polished shoes. His hands were steepled as if he were about to deliver a lecture, or say a prayer. The bedside lamp was reflected in both lenses of his spectacles.MoreLess
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