Prisoner of Fire
“At first, she couldn’t focus. But when she did manage to see clearly she found that there were three strangers in the room. No, not entirely strangers because, weak though she was, she managed to flash probe and found two of the thought patterns horribly familiar.
She saw a misshapen boy, a girl with hungry and malignant eyes, a white-haired old man. Superficially, the white-haired old man looked like everyone’s notion of an eccentric grandfather. But there was a coldness about him. A deadly co...ldness. The coldness of an animal that strikes to kill.
“Welcome, Vanessa,” said Quasimodo. “You are welcome to my thoughts. Soon you will have as many as you can handle.”
“Hello, girlie,” said Janine with malice. “It was not a bad screw, considering your equipment. Why the hell did you have to be sick?”
Professor Raeder said: “You are extraordinarily lucky, Vanessa. You may not believe it at the moment, but we are your friends.” He held out Denzil Ingram’s laser pistol in his hand.MoreLess
She saw a misshapen boy, a girl with hungry and malignant eyes, a white-haired old man. Superficially, the white-haired old man looked like everyone’s notion of an eccentric grandfather. But there was a coldness about him. A deadly co...ldness. The coldness of an animal that strikes to kill.
“Welcome, Vanessa,” said Quasimodo. “You are welcome to my thoughts. Soon you will have as many as you can handle.”
“Hello, girlie,” said Janine with malice. “It was not a bad screw, considering your equipment. Why the hell did you have to be sick?”
Professor Raeder said: “You are extraordinarily lucky, Vanessa. You may not believe it at the moment, but we are your friends.” He held out Denzil Ingram’s laser pistol in his hand.MoreLess
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