Sea of Glass by Rebecca Gransden

Author:Rebecca Gransden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novella, indie author, sea of glass, Rebecca Gransden, fiction
Publisher: Rebecca Gransden
Published: 2019-04-28T00:00:00+00:00

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“Where is she?”

“She’s in an office. I got the impression it was hers. She gave me a passcard so I could gain access to the higher levels.”

“I should go back.”

“I’m heading for the exit. Anna, you could come with me, get out of here. I’m sure she wouldn’t blame you.”

“We both know what I’ll do.”

“Yes, we do.”

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Anna took a few paces forward, passing Kattar, up to the glass that held the open city before them. She stopped on the shady side of the tower and placed her palm to the pane, the thickness of the glass strange in transparency, a slice caught clear, cloak of invisibility for the wasted day. “Give me the card,” she said.

He did so and she placed it edgewise onto the pane, as he had done when he’d used it before to open the door. And just as then, she dragged the passcard along a line downwards, leaving a trail of white heat and blue vapour. She met the end and the glass cracked.

The cracks progressed slowly, fanning outwards, silver shards flowing and forking. A few shards fell free, silently taken, letting in the roar of the winds buffeting the tower. “This way is outside. Mr Wayfarer can’t get to us here. We are only in danger if he brings the tower down. Then he’ll take us with him.”

“Anna. We can’t go out there.”

“Wait. I’ve called it. We’ve just got to have patience.”

Kattar glanced at the city, dead in aspect, unworthy of peripheral acknowledgement with her in the room, ectopic obelisks so soon ruins, already relics of thought. Bizarre creatures sat in the saddle, huddled in chambers. Now there was no pretence the fun had gone. The treadmill had knocked them on the shoulder too, caught up with them, of their own making. So all that was left was to tear it all to pieces, maybe start again if the whim took them, resurrect the plaything for gutterdogs. He looked at her, at her movements, her gait. She held herself the same.

An elevator rose from the exterior, sparkling, made of glass, the sides fastened with metal joins. “I’ve not seen it before, only heard about it. Truth is I wasn’t sure that your passcard had high enough clearance. Looks like we’re lucky.”

The doors silently opened, and they stepped through the pane in front of them, through the cracks, to the outside, where Wayfarer couldn’t follow. Anna pushed the single button, large and red, making it glow.

They descended silently, the enclosed space insulating them from the violence of the winds swirling around the building. “How will it know where to stop?” Kattar said.

“I don’t know. The building knows things. Lately everyone’s been noticing it’s taking over. Before, it worked for us, but now it’s willing what happens. I think it’s Mr Wayfarer, but I can’t be sure.”

“I know you said you won’t come with me, but promise that if when we get to the office floor and your friend is dead, or not there at all, you’ll give up on this place and we’ll both get to the exit.

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