Turquoiselle
“Six – seven?
– levels below, they emerged onto the terrace with steps and handrail. They descended the steps to the grass. No one was there. The whole area, including the lush wilderness ahead, seemed held in a unique pocket of unmotion and blurred quiet – though raucous shouts and other disturbances were audible, they sounded removed and irrelevant; noises off. On the slopes, and among the trees, no burning was to be seen, and nothing stirred in the windless, smoke-dried airlessness. Already the day was too warm. The sky had a glaring pallor.
Nothing moved there, either. The gulls were gone.
Then four security men ran out of the trees up ahead. Their advent was so unannounced Carver suspected they had been hidden from sight, waiting for anyone – or two specific persons – to come down the steps.
Carver stopped dead. Croft also. They watched as the four men – coordinated, expressionless – bounded towards them.
None of the four carried a weapon, but all were no doubt armed, and with a s...election of devices.MoreLess
– levels below, they emerged onto the terrace with steps and handrail. They descended the steps to the grass. No one was there. The whole area, including the lush wilderness ahead, seemed held in a unique pocket of unmotion and blurred quiet – though raucous shouts and other disturbances were audible, they sounded removed and irrelevant; noises off. On the slopes, and among the trees, no burning was to be seen, and nothing stirred in the windless, smoke-dried airlessness. Already the day was too warm. The sky had a glaring pallor.
Nothing moved there, either. The gulls were gone.
Then four security men ran out of the trees up ahead. Their advent was so unannounced Carver suspected they had been hidden from sight, waiting for anyone – or two specific persons – to come down the steps.
Carver stopped dead. Croft also. They watched as the four men – coordinated, expressionless – bounded towards them.
None of the four carried a weapon, but all were no doubt armed, and with a s...election of devices.MoreLess
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