The Girl at the Window by Rowan Coleman

Author:Rowan Coleman [Rowan Coleman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781473528895
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Published: 2019-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Stumbling into the living room, I collapse into the armchair by the fire, snatching at each rapid, shallow breath until they gradually lengthen and steady.

My fists will not unclench. If I close my eyes I feel again the grasp of icy fingers burning my skin, see that eye staring back at me.

I rationalise. I was panicking, stuck, dragging my arm out of splintered wood, that’s what happened. The eye: I hit my head pretty hard, the room swam for a moment, and now my head is pounding. I was scared, it was my mind playing tricks on me. I was so, so scared.

I still am.

With some effort I tune in to the steady sound of Will’s breathing. He is sleeping, Ma is sleeping. Mab is curled up on her feet. Whatever happened it was a combination of adrenalin and imagination, that has to be it. Except, as my fingers loosen I become aware of an object in my damaged right hand. My fingers tremble as I force them open to see what is resting in my palm.

Another leather-bound package, exactly like the last.

Turning my face away from it, I look at the window, waiting for the dawn. And outside I hear the wind, the rain … and intermingled, a howling that is so like the crying of an abandoned child it brings tears to my eyes.

It’s going to be a very long night.

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