The Realms of the Dead (2015)
“When the man had been recruited as a Sleeper, he’d come to The Institute with nothing more than the hospital gown covering his body. Though Chuck had been given no background information about his new partner, he knew the man had been married; when Nodens had first been wheeled in, Chuck had noticed that the skin encircling the base of his ring finger was not as dark as the rest of his hand. However, the wedding band that had kept this strip of flesh from tanning—as well as any other personal e...ffects—had been claimed by surviving relatives when the terminally ill man had allegedly passed away at the hospital. Even the hospital gown had been incinerated, quickly being replaced by The Institute’s own disposable ones.
You can’t get much more anonymous than that, Chuck thought as he watched the digital display inside the elevator go through the alphabet. When it reached Level L, a bell chimed and the doors swished open, flooding the enclosed space with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and the perpetual clicking of administrative assistants at their keyboards.MoreLess
You can’t get much more anonymous than that, Chuck thought as he watched the digital display inside the elevator go through the alphabet. When it reached Level L, a bell chimed and the doors swished open, flooding the enclosed space with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and the perpetual clicking of administrative assistants at their keyboards.MoreLess
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