Wildwood Imperium by Colin Meloy

Author:Colin Meloy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

The elevator climbed; Unthank watched the numbers change in the readout above the door. The chaotic noises of the ground floor: the breaking glass, the howling voices, the sound of a multitude of footsteps running desperately to the scene of the explosion—they all ebbed away until Unthank was alone with his thoughts in the silent space of the elevator car.

“Tra la, tra lee,” he sang to himself. He felt at the small black package in the left-hand pocket of his coat. The thing was still there. He sang again: “Tra loo, tra lee.” The elevator dinged its arrival at the twenty-second floor. He waited cautiously as the doors slid open, revealing an empty hallway.

He stepped out uncertainly, unnerved by the quiet on the floor. He looked at his watch and confirmed that despite the inconsistencies in the plan, he was still on schedule. A tentative beep could be heard somewhere in the distance, and he began walking toward it, humming all the while.

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