The Ice Wolves (2012)
“He didn’t know if the others had simply stopped talking, or if it was some otherworldly characteristic of the room, but it felt like he was in a bubble, enveloped in an atmosphere of tense anticipation.
“Hello?” he said tentatively. His voice was unaccountably dim, the word dropping like a pebble. In contrast, his strained breathing and the rattle of his heart sounded too loud.
For a while, he turned slowly, peering through the half-light into the corners of the room, where the sense of someone waiting was palpable.
“I want to talk,” he continued. “I’m betting it’s been a long time since you’ve spoken to anyone.”
All remained still and quiet. Just as he had decided that nothing was going to manifest, the rocking horse moved, so slightly that it could well have been in response to a draft, but in the quiet of the room the creak was like a gunshot.
“Hello,”
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