The Fault by Kitty Sewell

Author:Kitty Sewell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-912905-00-3
Publisher: Honno Press
Published: 2019-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

One huge chamber had been a hospital. Carlo stopped and switched on some dim lights to let Sebastian look around. The open ward was vast in size. Sebastian was keen to have a good poke around and he left the two men sitting on a stone ledge in murmured conversation.

He’d been riddled with doubts and mistrust, especially after the shock of finding Montegriffo alive, but as soon as he was alone, all these feelings dissipated. Something about these underground rooms calmed him: the temperature, the darkness, the lack of sound. It had a womb-like feel, safe and solid, a shelter from the sensory bombardment of life under the sky. He felt strangely comfortable, as though he belonged to some species that had evolved underground.

Taking his time, he walked the perimeter of the chamber, noting the operating theatres and store rooms. His imagination took wider and wider sweeps of fantastic engineering feats: whole cities – countries, even – evolving under a world that had lost its ozone protection and grown too dangerous, too polluted or overpopulated. At the same time, he felt like a kid playing house in a cave.

When he returned, Carlo and Mohammed were still in intense discussion. He had an uneasy feeling that they were arguing about him, even plotting something. Approaching them quietly, Mohammed sensed his presence and went quiet. He saw now that Mohammed was a mere teenager. He had a pleasant smile and an air of innocence. He certainly didn’t look like someone who’d drag an unsuspecting person down into some cave and inflict unspeakable tortures on him. But you could never be sure of a man’s capacity for violence, or what went on in his head. And he could not get over the feeling that there was something very odd about Montegriffo. Everything he said was pleasant and reasonable on the outside, but had a compelling and sinister undertone. If he’d had some sort of power over Mimi, he might well wield similar influence over Mohammed.

Sebastian waited for Carlo to stop talking, but the feeling that this expedition was ill-fated intensified in him.

‘You know, it’s none of my business what you two are discussing, but it seems that you have other things on your mind and this is not the right time for you to conduct this tour.’

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