Voyage of Midnight (2011)
“Whirled about.
At that moment the candle burned out, plunging me into darkness.
My heart lurched.
Oh God, oh God, it’s dark!
As surely as if a shark had seized me by the leg and shook me in his jaws, terror gripped me. Immediately my chest tightened. I couldn’t breathe, though I heard the sound of my panting.
“Who’s there?” I hissed as the hair rose on the back of my neck.
Nothing.
A light. God help me, I need a light.
I fumbled in the desk drawer, the thud of my heart in my ears, half expectin...g someone to grab me from behind.
I should’ve been watching the candle. How could I have been so foolish?
It took only a moment for me to grasp that there were no candles in the drawer. Only hours ago I’d ordered Pea Soup to fetch some, knowing he could understand me perfectly well, wanting to assert my position as master once again. Off he’d shuffled, and I’d assumed it’d be done.
But there were none. Just papers, pens, a book, a few odd shapes.
Blast Pea Soup! He did this on purpose!MoreLess
At that moment the candle burned out, plunging me into darkness.
My heart lurched.
Oh God, oh God, it’s dark!
As surely as if a shark had seized me by the leg and shook me in his jaws, terror gripped me. Immediately my chest tightened. I couldn’t breathe, though I heard the sound of my panting.
“Who’s there?” I hissed as the hair rose on the back of my neck.
Nothing.
A light. God help me, I need a light.
I fumbled in the desk drawer, the thud of my heart in my ears, half expectin...g someone to grab me from behind.
I should’ve been watching the candle. How could I have been so foolish?
It took only a moment for me to grasp that there were no candles in the drawer. Only hours ago I’d ordered Pea Soup to fetch some, knowing he could understand me perfectly well, wanting to assert my position as master once again. Off he’d shuffled, and I’d assumed it’d be done.
But there were none. Just papers, pens, a book, a few odd shapes.
Blast Pea Soup! He did this on purpose!MoreLess
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