The Isle of Blood
“My mind went blank, my knees shook, and I almost shouted Dr. Warthrop! which would have abruptly brought down the curtain. There was joy at seeing him again—I will not deny that—yet there was trepidation, too, a little thrill of dread. The monstrumologist may have been all that I had in the world, but that meant the monstrumologist was all that I had!
He stood as I stepped forward, a look of nearly comical astonishment on his drawn features, dominated by the expression in his dark eyes—the ...strange, haunted look of slow starvation.
“Will Henry?” he whispered, hardly daring to believe it.
I remembered my lines then. “Papa! Papa!” I rushed forward. I threw myself into his chest, hard enough to rock him back on his heels, and hugged him with all my might.
“Papa! Papa, you’re alive!”
“Well, of course I’m alive. For the love of God, Will Henry… Von Helrung, is that you?MoreLess
He stood as I stepped forward, a look of nearly comical astonishment on his drawn features, dominated by the expression in his dark eyes—the ...strange, haunted look of slow starvation.
“Will Henry?” he whispered, hardly daring to believe it.
I remembered my lines then. “Papa! Papa!” I rushed forward. I threw myself into his chest, hard enough to rock him back on his heels, and hugged him with all my might.
“Papa! Papa, you’re alive!”
“Well, of course I’m alive. For the love of God, Will Henry… Von Helrung, is that you?MoreLess
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