5/13/2023 0 Comments Read cold hearted rake![]() ![]() He found Winterborne pulling shards of glass from his hair, his eyes still closed¸ his face scored with a mesh of bloody scratches. They couldn’t afford to wait for help.Ĭoughing from the smoke-glazed air, Devon ducked back into the carriage. The problem was the extreme cold, which would finish them off quickly. ![]() The water appeared to be no more than hip deep. Poking his head out, he calculated their distance from the riverbank. Once the lock was broken, Devon pushed the door open until it swung free and thudded against the outer side of the vehicle. ![]() ![]() And all the while, water rushed in, swirling up to their knees now. The diagonal tilt of the carriage made it difficult work. Gasping with effort, he used the brass rod as a makeshift crowbar to pry open the door. He crawled over another seat and reached upward for the locked side door on the downstream side of the current. Indecipherable Welsh phrases tore through the air before Winterborne said in English, “My leg is broken.”Ĭursing, Devon shoved more debris aside and found a brass window bar that had broken from its rivets. “I can’t see.”ĭevon tried to pull him higher as the water inched steadily upward. Winterborne rubbed at his bloody face and grunted in pain. “The train derailed,” Devon replied, panting. ![]()
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