Footsteps in the Dark

Gideon killed the final lamp on the first floor. He watched the shadows swallow the living room piece by piece and took the stairs two at a time. The heavy air of the manor pressed down on his shoulders. He reached the second-floor landing just as Duncan stepped out of the patient's room.

Duncan held an empty porcelain bowl in one hand and a silver spoon in the other. He took a step toward the st