Matt Ford
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
A chill runs down his spine.
Darnley creeps down the staircase.
His eye catches the basement door, ajar.
He squints at what looks like soot on the floor.
He runs a finger over it and raises it to his nose.
His heart stops as he catches sight of a shadow disappear out of the door.
It isn't soot.
It's gunpowder.
Darnley bolts for the entrance, then out into the garden.
The cold February night hits him like a slap.
Frost crunches under his bare feet.
His lungs burn.
A blast throws Darnley face-first into the frozen lawn.
His ears ring.
His vision blurs.
For several seconds he can't move, can't think.
Then slowly, painfully, he lifts his head.
Darnley's eyes widen in horror.
The house is gone.
Flames lick the night sky and smoke billows.