Riveted
“She could feel the anger boiling off him, but he didn’t express it, didn’t show it. Annika doubted that she was as successful hiding her feelings. She didn’t speak of them, though. She didn’t want to give di Fiore the satisfaction of knowing how angry she was…and how helpless she felt.
She glanced back at the quarterdeck, where di Fiore chatted with the pilot. He looked no different than any other man aboard. A dark beard covered pleasant features, his expression mild and open.
The face of a mo...nster.
He’d been responsible for that cold, calculated death on Heimaey. She couldn’t imagine how it had been done—or why. Some experiment or project. Annika wasn’t certain that she wanted to understand. She only knew that they had to get away.
There was no place to hide on the glacier. Unlike the pass, it wasn’t flat—the surface of the ice buckled, creating peaks and valleys; crevasses yawned open, a sheer drop into darkness. But all of it was barren, white. If they escaped from a camp, di Fiore would only have to look through a spyglass from the deck of the ferry cruiser to see them in the distance.MoreLess
She glanced back at the quarterdeck, where di Fiore chatted with the pilot. He looked no different than any other man aboard. A dark beard covered pleasant features, his expression mild and open.
The face of a mo...nster.
He’d been responsible for that cold, calculated death on Heimaey. She couldn’t imagine how it had been done—or why. Some experiment or project. Annika wasn’t certain that she wanted to understand. She only knew that they had to get away.
There was no place to hide on the glacier. Unlike the pass, it wasn’t flat—the surface of the ice buckled, creating peaks and valleys; crevasses yawned open, a sheer drop into darkness. But all of it was barren, white. If they escaped from a camp, di Fiore would only have to look through a spyglass from the deck of the ferry cruiser to see them in the distance.MoreLess
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