She inhaled--a sound that turned into a hiss as she sucked air between her teeth.
It hit her like a brick to the face. She'd done it. She'd had time to run away and leave and to push him away and even to say no, no, no, she would not let him in.
She hadn't, and now there was the altar, her body, and his inside. Welcome and invited, like a cherished friend.
Bert's face presented itself at the worst of moments...and she pushed it away, opening her eyes to look instead at the man above her. "Rory," she said. And that wasn't quite right either, so "Randall Flagg."
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It hit her like a brick to the face. She'd done it. She'd had time to run away and leave and to push him away and even to say no, no, no, she would not let him in.
She hadn't, and now there was the altar, her body, and his inside. Welcome and invited, like a cherished friend.
Bert's face presented itself at the worst of moments...and she pushed it away, opening her eyes to look instead at the man above her. "Rory," she said. And that wasn't quite right either, so "Randall Flagg."