The curtains had been drawn closed tightly all around the house and all the windows and doors were bolted. He was concerned, that much was obvious. She didn't need him to tell her that, she could see it in the tense planes of his face, in the rigid way he held his shoulders. He was in a heightene...
I almost ran directly into Captain Morrow in my haste to escape Roake’s advances. “You do not look terribly contrite,” Morrow said, catching me by the shoulders as I emerged from the cabin. It seemed that he had been waiting outside, perhaps with a mind to hearing my cries...
In front of her, the computer screen was blank. Deadline was at 5 pm. The clock on the menu bar of her PC insisted that it was 4.35 pm, but Stephanie didn't see how that could possibly be true, as that would have to mean that she was about to miss a deadline for the first time in her career. &nbs...