The Twilight Prisoner
““One Hundred Centre Street,” Euri said, gesturing toward it. Although the municipal buildings around it looked dark and closed, several stories of 100 Centre Street were illuminated by fluorescent lights, and police cruisers and New York City Corrections vans idled in front of it. A few worn-out-looking living people stood in the blazing lights just outside the entrance, smoking cigarettes or talking furtively on their cell phones. A trio of ghosts huddled together whispering to each other, in ...front of the words WHERE THE LAW ENDS TYRANNY BEGINS engraved on the wall. One of them looked up and shot a suspicious glance at Cora.
“Try not to look anyone in the eye,” Euri reminded her as they floated toward the bronze-and-glass doors with the words SOUTH ENTRANCE embossed above them.
Cora nodded. Since leaving the Strand, Jack noticed that she had grown pensive again.
They floated through the glass door and into a brightly lit lobby where a pair of uniformed living guards sat in front of a metal detector.MoreLess
“Try not to look anyone in the eye,” Euri reminded her as they floated toward the bronze-and-glass doors with the words SOUTH ENTRANCE embossed above them.
Cora nodded. Since leaving the Strand, Jack noticed that she had grown pensive again.
They floated through the glass door and into a brightly lit lobby where a pair of uniformed living guards sat in front of a metal detector.MoreLess
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