A tremulous calm just begging to be broken. It was as quiet as the eye of a hurricane. It made the hair on the back of their necks stand up straight, and their guts shudder. When they stepped from the car they felt its energies in the air. There was no doubting the proximity of the schism, however. When Tesla and Grillo had staggered out through the doorway the place had been a maelstrom, but the hole, once opened, seemed to be pacified. The power Jaffe had unleashed here had sucked everything towards its maw, distorting the bricks, the tiles, the panes of glass the whole house tending towards the schism. There were no straight lines in the door frames, no right angles in the windows-even those at the very top of the house. The facade of the house resembled a cake that had been left out all night in a heavy rain, the whole thing softened and thrown out of whack. There's going to be a major invasion starting from this house. I'm only going to ask one more time- the leader began, but she cut him off short, slipping out of sight before he could finish his demands.Īre you getting back-up? she said again.You're going to need more than a few patrol cars, believe me. Most were just staring up at the house, but there was a contingent of four officers waiting at a barricade that had been set up, blocking the Hill. The cars were parked well down from the gate, the men themselves standing a good way behind their vehicles.
As they came in sight of Coney Eye it was apparent that the patrolmen had decided this whole mess was beyond them.
She emerged with her hands up, to face a row of levelled muzzles.
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She didn't dare hope the cavalry would be rolling up the Hill in the next few minutes, but perhaps they were mustering, and these footsoldiers had been instructed to keep their distance until the full force arrived. It occurred to her that it wasn't simply fear that kept them from following, but orders from their superiors. The cops had followed as far as the gate, but no further. She headed back the way they'd come, until she emerged from behind the line of palms that bordered the driveway. She had a duty to perform before they actually ventured inside, and she could give him time to work up his courage while she performed it. He didn't leap at the offer, so she left him where he was. The house is going to be crawling with cops, he warned. I doubt it, she said.I think they'll be keeping their distance.
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