“They were standing by the bed, on this side, watching me. Mary gasped — no, she tried to gasp, but could not. Xxnx Afraid of the dark.”
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It was true that Friedrich did not dream while he was asleep, but he did sometimes dream while awake. And Friedrich? He bit his lip and fretted. His accent sounded thick and guttural. “Oh God, oh God, oh fucking God, I’m going to, to, to…!” —
Friedrich jerked his hands away once more and returned to the present. It started as a night like any other. She picked the body up and looked it over; it was about right. He was in the parlor, and Mary was nowhere to be seen. She gasped at the back of her throat, head swimming and —
— “Just let me feel it.”
“You can feel it.”
“No, but just stay still for one second and let me
