Chapters tagged spit

by Levantin

Chapter 118

The smell of formalin and disinfectant hung heavy in the cool air of the dissecting hall. All around me hummed the brisk, clinical murmur of dozens of medical students. White coats, latex gloves, the crisp clatter of scalpels and forceps against stainless-steel trays. It was a st...

by Levantin

Chapter 121

The hours leading up to the evening dragged like thick tar. Loona had positioned me precisely where looking away was an impossibility: two meters from the heavy front door, dead center on the hallway floorboards. Upright on my knees, hands laced behind my back, head held high....

by Levantin

Chapter 137

At four o’clock on the dot, the heavy security key engaged in the deadbolt of the apartment door. An icy shudder ran the length of my spine. I was sitting bolt upright on the chaise lounge, hands folded dutifully over the knees of my pleated wool trousers. Beneath the expensive...