"Suzanne Nikolaisen - Sand Shadow" - читать интересную книгу автора (Nikolaisen Suzanne)


stillness, and Michael stepped away from the window, as cautious as a man held
at

gunpoint. There was nothing he could compare this to, nothing that logically
made

sense. Sharp neon flashes burst away from the main glow, as though static was

breaking loose from an enormous bar of lightening. There was no sound.
Chills ran

down his back.

He retreated another step toward the living room. He knew that the
light was

real, but he didn't know what was causing it. How could it be real? But then
how could

it not be? Was he going crazy? The silence in the kitchen had reached a
brittle point

as though the air would shatter around him if a noise
were made. Michael could feel a presence, as though a gauzy veil of evil hung
in the

kitchen. The presence was familiar, but he couldn't concentrate on it, the
light was too

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SandShadow © 1998
By
Suzanne Nikolaisen
distracting. The light was dancing and quivering weirdly, it seemed almost
deadly.

Michael was vaguely reminded of a cobra rearing to strike, but he stood his
ground

shakily, watching.

The light writhed before him as though it were caught in a magical
dance,

unleashed by an unheard melody. He was squinting now, hardly able to look at
the

luminescence pouring in from his window. Another shiver of uneasiness trailed
down