Doctor Who: Falls the Shadow by Daniel O'Mahony

Author:Daniel O'Mahony
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426204275
Publisher: London Bridge
Published: 1995-01-15T10:00:00+00:00

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Jane Page had a cold and systematic mind and she conducted her search in a cold and systematic way. Cold, systematic, frustrating. Every room she’d searched – every corridor, every floor – had been empty. Nothing but furniture and – occasionally – the dull, metronomic clicking of a clock. Her impatience began to get the better of her.

It was this house. It was too big and too empty. It was trying to impose its architectural bulk onto her identity. It was a cold place and it set her on edge. After so long searching in silence she longed for the sound of the human voice – something – anything – that would improve the atmosphere.

The two women who walked before her at gunpoint, clearing the way for her, were deathly silent. She didn’t expect them to join the search with anything more than forced enthusiasm but she hoped they might say something. No matter how snide, how derogatory. It was getting to the point where she wanted to take a shot at them for no reason whatsoever.

Could she shoot them? In self‐defence, yes – but could she shoot them on a whim, in cold blood? Probably not, it exceeded her brief. Besides, the blood was flowing like molten lava through her veins.

She prodded Bernice in the back with the barrel of her gun, to see what reaction she could provoke. She was almost disappointed when the woman just shuffled forward, saying nothing, not even bothering to look at her.

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