The Fallen
“The last few stragglers of yesterday’s clouds seemed to be regrouping for another offensive. It made for a dramatic sunrise. Bulky grey clouds with bright-pink and deep-crimson edges clinging to a dark and forbidding-looking horizon.
‘Pretty,’ David said rather dismissively, glancing to the east as he drove through the main gates.
The harbour was larger than Jade had expected, with large signposts pointing the way to a dizzying number of different ports and terminals. However, when they’d asked... for the main offices, they’d been directed away from the shoreline towards a secure-looking area surrounded by a high chain-link fence. The access road led up to a steel-barred gate, which was firmly locked from the inside by a solid-looking chain and padlock. Near the gate, and also on the inside, Jade saw a small, rather weather-beaten room that she supposed must be a guardhouse.
‘So what’s this, then? Alcatraz?’ David said.
He brought the car to an abrupt stop, yanked the handbrake up and climbed out.MoreLess
‘Pretty,’ David said rather dismissively, glancing to the east as he drove through the main gates.
The harbour was larger than Jade had expected, with large signposts pointing the way to a dizzying number of different ports and terminals. However, when they’d asked... for the main offices, they’d been directed away from the shoreline towards a secure-looking area surrounded by a high chain-link fence. The access road led up to a steel-barred gate, which was firmly locked from the inside by a solid-looking chain and padlock. Near the gate, and also on the inside, Jade saw a small, rather weather-beaten room that she supposed must be a guardhouse.
‘So what’s this, then? Alcatraz?’ David said.
He brought the car to an abrupt stop, yanked the handbrake up and climbed out.MoreLess
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