The Coming Storm
“Her heart pounded. She threw on her shift, her clothes. Her hands shook. Where? All the lights in her mind but the one she needed was close.
Down the hall, barely aware of the cold slate beneath her feet.
It was so quiet in the empty corridor but her mind clamored.
She knocked. “Elon.”
Elon hadn’t been asleep. Something had awakened him, some sense of something wrong.
The knock at the door wasn’t entirely unexpected, he quickly threw on his trews and went to the door.
Her face was pale, her blu...e eyes huge in her face.
“Ailith? Another dream?”
“The attack,” she said, “it comes today.”
His mouth tightened. “Come in, tell me.”
With a gesture Elon ushered her quickly into the room.
The look in his eyes, the concern, was gratifying but she wouldn’t have him worry so much about her.
She shook her head, smiled a little. “It wasn’t bad, Elon. I didn’t give him time this time.”
“You didn’t give him time?”
Tilting his head in question, he looked her in the eye.MoreLess
Down the hall, barely aware of the cold slate beneath her feet.
It was so quiet in the empty corridor but her mind clamored.
She knocked. “Elon.”
Elon hadn’t been asleep. Something had awakened him, some sense of something wrong.
The knock at the door wasn’t entirely unexpected, he quickly threw on his trews and went to the door.
Her face was pale, her blu...e eyes huge in her face.
“Ailith? Another dream?”
“The attack,” she said, “it comes today.”
His mouth tightened. “Come in, tell me.”
With a gesture Elon ushered her quickly into the room.
The look in his eyes, the concern, was gratifying but she wouldn’t have him worry so much about her.
She shook her head, smiled a little. “It wasn’t bad, Elon. I didn’t give him time this time.”
“You didn’t give him time?”
Tilting his head in question, he looked her in the eye.MoreLess
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