doom-long

Updated: May 20, 2025

There was an instant as his hand closed upon the lakri, the corner of the playhouse wall shutting him off from the cobra an instant that was doom-long, age-long, long enough for him to picture in his own thoughts the king turning upon the threshold entering, rising before Carlin! . . . The threshold was empty as he stepped back, but the cobra had not entered.

Will Levington Comfort - Son of Power