Claire lead Herald to the door with ease and the click of the door was the sound I longed for . Now that they were out of the room , I could begin the reversal of the curse , staving off the fiend that fought to take over the man that once was Dylan .
* * *
Claire and Herald stood in the hallway . They looked at each other but didn ’ t say a word . After a few awkward moments , Claire turned and stepped gently toward Dylan ’ s bedroom door . Exasperated , Herald leaned against the opposite wall and stared at his wife . Her ear pressed against the door , she strained to hear what the good doctor was doing .
voice .
“ What ’ s he doing ?” he finally inquired in a hushed
“ Nothing … at least I can ’ t hear anything .” Claire pressed her ear harder into the wood .
“ Do you think he ’ s a real doctor ?”
Claire squinted her eyes tightly shut and plugged her outside ear with her middle finger . She strained to hear the slightest sound .
Clicking his tongue and sighing hard , Herald pushed himself off the wall and , with a single stride , hovered over his wife . He reached his hand to her shoulder and tapped . “ What are you doing ?”
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