This Eden by Ed O'Loughlin

Author:Ed O'Loughlin [O'Loughlin, Ed]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc
Published: 2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

A dim light from the sky seeped through the gaps in the forest canopy, showing no more than the blurs of their faces. Aoife made Michael put one hand on her shoulder, then led him along the path, its stones a pale line in the darkness, to the clearing where the laboratory stood on its own. She moved slowly, sweeping twigs aside with her feet before her weight could snap them. They listened to their own breathing, the whine of mosquitoes, the scuff of their shoes. Leaves and branches brushed past them, releasing a hot musk, fungal spores, and the pollen of night-blooming flowers. Ants stung their ankles, worked their way inside their shoes.

The laboratory wall, appearing abruptly out of the darkness, brought Aoife to a halt. It was another rectangular industrial building, vinyl clad, though much smaller than the one in New Jersey. Her penlight flicked on, found the door. It was steel, held shut by a padlock. A few scratches, then a click, and the creak of metal hinges.

Come on, Aoife whispered. Towse said that whatever’s in here, you should see it too.

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