Bobby and Alexandra found them in the kitchen, Irina drinking tea with her thumbs wrapped around the cup….
Stoycho lay on the floor beside the table, clearly in Lenka’s good graces. He got to his feet and sniffed their shoes, licked Alexandra’s hand, and lay down again… Lenka bought them cups of tea, which smelled of the hay and grasses outside. There were questions in her eyes, too.
“How was your lunch?” Irina said. Reluctantly, they told her everything, and the alarm in her face grew.
from The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova (2017). Very Highly Recommended.
No comments:
Post a Comment