War Games (2012)
“He did not open his eyes, nor did he move a muscle, but tried to measure by sound alone the position of the intruder and the direction of his movement. With so many strangers in the house he did not leap to any conclusion about the probable identity of the unexpected visitor, and in preparing for action he did not tense himself for a killing blow.
He waited until the presence was close and then rolled from the bed. He made no attempt to disentangle himself from his blankets—it was the cold ...of the night, and he had clutched them close for warmth, and knew that he could not get clear of them. His right arm snaked out to take the gun that rested in a niche cut into the side of the table beside his bed. He opened his eyes to judge the shadow of the intruder and leveled the gun, but hesitated even before he heard the hiss of the other’s alarmed voice.
“No!” she said, in an urgent whisper, and he lowered the gun. He regretted the unseemly position into which he had thrown himself, on the floor and tangled in the woolen cloth, three-quarters naked.MoreLess
He waited until the presence was close and then rolled from the bed. He made no attempt to disentangle himself from his blankets—it was the cold ...of the night, and he had clutched them close for warmth, and knew that he could not get clear of them. His right arm snaked out to take the gun that rested in a niche cut into the side of the table beside his bed. He opened his eyes to judge the shadow of the intruder and leveled the gun, but hesitated even before he heard the hiss of the other’s alarmed voice.
“No!” she said, in an urgent whisper, and he lowered the gun. He regretted the unseemly position into which he had thrown himself, on the floor and tangled in the woolen cloth, three-quarters naked.MoreLess
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