Chapter 4Immediately inside the doorway, I stopped helped Kyer close the door. I felt a helplessness rise within me as I watched the light behind us go from a wide, open storeroom down to a sliver of a c***k, and then extinguish completely. Blindly, I groped for Kyer’s hand, and took a few shuffling steps forward. I kept my voice low as I called out, “Sinda?”
The reply was loud in my ear. “Right here.”
“Ah!” I jumped back and stepped on Kyer’s foot, eliciting a yelp of surprise from him. Quickly I moved aside, my hand holding his in a death grip. My heart raced wildly. I thought she had left us. The last thing I had expected was to have her standing right there beside me!
I heard something shaking, a rattle like beads on metal, then a cone of light appeared under her face, throwing shad
