Dean Koontz Box Set: Odd Thomas Forever Odd Brother Odd by Koontz Dean

Author:Koontz, Dean [Koontz, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, romantic, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Paranormal & Urban, Fiction, Thrillers & Suspense, Romance, Ghosts, Literature & Fiction, Suspense, Paranormal, One Hour (33-43 Pages), Fantasy, romantic comedy
ISBN: 9780007856305
Amazon: 000785630X
Goodreads: 21046407
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2009-06-25T07:00:00+00:00

Four

The stairs creaked. They always creaked when creaking could lead to your death, and they never creaked when creaking didn’t matter. The universe is anthropic, meaning that its design makes possible and sustains intelligent life, especially human beings. Nevertheless, I perceive some power, some presence, some adversary behind the scenes that by countless devices subtle or blunt seeks to destroy us. On the second floor, the master bedroom, a second bedroom, a bathroom, and a hall closet were deserted, but all the door hinges squeaked or rasped, or did both.

Two women were in the third bedroom, at the back of the house. They looked up, frightened, when I pushed open the door.

The youngest of the two was an attractive blonde in her late twenties. She was sitting on the edge of a bed, fully clothed but chained to a steel ring that had been welded to the bed frame.

The other woman fumbled with a collection of keys, trying to free the blonde from the manacle that connected her to the chain. She was gaunt, disheveled, her thin arms mottled with bruises, her right eye swollen shut. When she turned to me, terror and timidity were written large across her paper-pale face, but the tight corners of her mouth suggested determination, and in her green eyes I thought I read a wild scrawl of triumph.

In spite of the rolling pin that I carried and Stormy’s martial-arts baton, the older woman’s initial fright gave way to a kind of frantic but inconstant gladness. One moment, she seemed relieved and rejoicing, as if she had just disarmed a bomb, but an instant later, her face clouded and a frown briefly replaced her grin, as though she heard the bomb clock ticking again.

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