The Agent in the Dark
of a grandfather clock somewhere in the house and her own ragged breathing. She tried to read the "instructi
n't made a sound. Too still. Even for
his left eyelid. So regula
aned c
anyone was watching, she felt a slight, almost imperceptible resistance from his ne
-aid training, from a summ
ed. This was cra
g for any sound outs
searching for his pulse. It was there, stronger and more regu
ted, a pinpoint. Not the dilated, unresponsive pupils of someone near death or
t dying
being d
al blow. The elaborate story, the religious ritual
was the point
't just a pawn in some bizarre family ritual. She was in a dangerous,