Shadows (2014)
“I’m so glad I’m Gifted, she thought as she scraped sandpaper-lined lids open over itching eyeballs. Every day brings another wonderful new experience.
At first her eyes wouldn’t focus, and were so gummy anyway that everything around her seemed shrouded in a gray fog. She blinked hard, blinked again, and finally managed to clear her vision enough to make out a dark-beamed plaster ceiling that she didn’t recognize. She looked right, and saw two empty beds between her and a white plaster wall;... looked left, and saw three more. She looked down the length of the blue blanket that covered her past the lump of her toes to a closed door of simple wooden planks.
Beneath the blanket (she lifted it to check) she wore only a thin white shift. Great, she thought. Who undressed me this time? The Masker? The Watcher?
She shuddered and took another look around. There were small tables between the beds, and on the bed to her left, clothes were spread . . .MoreLess
At first her eyes wouldn’t focus, and were so gummy anyway that everything around her seemed shrouded in a gray fog. She blinked hard, blinked again, and finally managed to clear her vision enough to make out a dark-beamed plaster ceiling that she didn’t recognize. She looked right, and saw two empty beds between her and a white plaster wall;... looked left, and saw three more. She looked down the length of the blue blanket that covered her past the lump of her toes to a closed door of simple wooden planks.
Beneath the blanket (she lifted it to check) she wore only a thin white shift. Great, she thought. Who undressed me this time? The Masker? The Watcher?
She shuddered and took another look around. There were small tables between the beds, and on the bed to her left, clothes were spread . . .MoreLess
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