The Eyes of Darkness (The Scourge Book 5) by Phil Maxey

Author:Phil Maxey [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Philip Maxey
Published: 2020-04-18T22:00:00+00:00

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Marina held Mary’s wrinkled hand in hers, then folded it across the other on the older woman’s chest. Mary was no longer strapped to the gurney and the peaceful expression she had an hour earlier had returned, despite the few seconds during which the scourge tried to take it from her.

Marina sniffed and wiped away a tear. The phrases the ship’s doctor had used, such as ‘Cardiovascular event’ just meant that Mary’s heart was too old and worn down to take the influx of blood from the general. That was ironic seeing Galloway was probably a year or two older, but the general had spent a lifetime of being military fit when the scourge came for her. Mary had spent her Sundays making cakes, then sitting on the porch laughing at Reggie when he always seemed to find the horseshit on his way back past the barn, returning for dinner.

It was one of many story’s Mary had told her and the children, keeping them smiling during the most horrific of times. But now, finally, the scourge had claimed her too.

A door opened and a hybrid odor drifted to Marina before Evan stood just outside the curtain.

“Can I… come inside?”

“Yes.”

He slipped through the gap and sighed upon seeing Mary on the gurney. “I’m sorry for your loss…” Marina remained silent. “Umm Jess is asking when you and… Mary will return. I didn’t know what to say… Shannon is with her now…”

Marina shook her head as if having a conversation with someone else, then stood. “Thank you for looking after her and Jasper. I’ll… go back upstairs now.”

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