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...dusa after Perseus had severed her head from her Gorgon body. Adrenaline coursed through my body, and I was sensitive to the slightest noises. Behind me a vehicle passed slowly by, then pulled to the curb a few houses down. I didn't need to turn around to know that the white van had returned.
I knocked at the door, opaque save for the small, round peephole in front of which I waited. My heart beat faster: was I too late? Had they been here already? Too late! Too late! echoed the beats of my heart, until finally I heard the sound of the locks being unfastened; the door opened a crack, and I saw a familiar brown eye as Russell checked to make sure I was alone before opening the door the rest of the way to admit me. I saw behind his long lashes the same fear that had followed me in my errand, and I knew that my suspicions had been correct.
"It's time," I whispered, closing and locking the door behind me, and Russell answered with a nod. "Let's go."
I knocked at the door, opaque save for the small, round peephole in front of which I waited. My heart beat faster: was I too late? Had they been here already? Too late! Too late! echoed the beats of my heart, until finally I heard the sound of the locks being unfastened; the door opened a crack, and I saw a familiar brown eye as Russell checked to make sure I was alone before opening the door the rest of the way to admit me. I saw behind his long lashes the same fear that had followed me in my errand, and I knew that my suspicions had been correct.
"It's time," I whispered, closing and locking the door behind me, and Russell answered with a nod. "Let's go."
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