Storming: a Dieselpunk Adventure
“They were way up on the fourth floor of the brand new courthouse the county had built for Campbell. Rain rattled against the roof. Griff’s hand against his shoulder guided him toward a cell.
Another deputy pushed a handcuffed Jael to keep her walking on by.
As she passed Hitch, she reached out and brushed her fingers against his.
His body reacted on instinct, his head moving in her direction.
She looked straight at him, her eyebrows furrowed hard at that crossroads somewhere between outrage and... concern.
Her look pierced him. He snapped awake, out of the chaos of his jumbled thoughts, and drew a shuddered breath.
“You are not all right?” she said.
Who cared if he was all right? At this moment, the only thing he needed to figure out was how all this had happened. How could it be true? He had a son? And that son was Walter—who had probably fallen to his death only a few hours ago? Dear God in heaven.
“Did you know?” he asked her.
She shook her head. Her bedraggled, wind-whipped hair flailed against her cheeks.MoreLess
Another deputy pushed a handcuffed Jael to keep her walking on by.
As she passed Hitch, she reached out and brushed her fingers against his.
His body reacted on instinct, his head moving in her direction.
She looked straight at him, her eyebrows furrowed hard at that crossroads somewhere between outrage and... concern.
Her look pierced him. He snapped awake, out of the chaos of his jumbled thoughts, and drew a shuddered breath.
“You are not all right?” she said.
Who cared if he was all right? At this moment, the only thing he needed to figure out was how all this had happened. How could it be true? He had a son? And that son was Walter—who had probably fallen to his death only a few hours ago? Dear God in heaven.
“Did you know?” he asked her.
She shook her head. Her bedraggled, wind-whipped hair flailed against her cheeks.MoreLess
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