The Changeling (2007)
“Owen said. “The ones with the flashing box.”
“Tall, with hooded garments, so I never saw their faces. Long, snakelike fingers. Repulsive. And the smell—the awful, smoky smell.”
“Describe your son.”
With a warm smile, she said, “He had the whitest hair—pure white. It was long and flowed down his back as smooth and silky as any woman’s in the land. Deep blue eyes that could see right through you.” She chuckled. “His ears stuck out like the wings of a bird. I wish I had a picture of him.”
“What ab...out your husband?”
Drushka’s face fell. “I thought he was such a good man. And then he left. You don’t know what that does to a person. Well, perhaps you do. . . .”
“What did he look like?”
She said he was of average height and had thinning hair with a bald spot and a large scar on his forehead. “He told me he had gotten the wound when a demon flyer tried to grab him, but I’m not sure that’s true.”
“Any idea where he might have gone?”
Drushka shrugged.MoreLess
“Tall, with hooded garments, so I never saw their faces. Long, snakelike fingers. Repulsive. And the smell—the awful, smoky smell.”
“Describe your son.”
With a warm smile, she said, “He had the whitest hair—pure white. It was long and flowed down his back as smooth and silky as any woman’s in the land. Deep blue eyes that could see right through you.” She chuckled. “His ears stuck out like the wings of a bird. I wish I had a picture of him.”
“What ab...out your husband?”
Drushka’s face fell. “I thought he was such a good man. And then he left. You don’t know what that does to a person. Well, perhaps you do. . . .”
“What did he look like?”
She said he was of average height and had thinning hair with a bald spot and a large scar on his forehead. “He told me he had gotten the wound when a demon flyer tried to grab him, but I’m not sure that’s true.”
“Any idea where he might have gone?”
Drushka shrugged.MoreLess
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