Retajos de historias que siguen sin ser contadas 02.
“Run, Nick, Run…!” Her voice sounds urgent inside my mind… And yes, I do. I run as fast as I can, my throat and my chest burning in pain almost as bad as my knees. ‘Cause I’m old, too old and probably too late. I try and fight as hard as I can against the multitude escaping the impossible down there in Trafalgar Square sixty or seventy yards ahead of me. And I know, believe me. I know she’s dead. She’s been for a long while. But it doesn’t matter, not really. Not anymore. And I know something else… My heart beats like crazy when I see the creature, the big old serpent from the myths in the middle of the deserted square, facing angry a trembling Collins. Trembling alright but standing there, not a step backwards; the last bastion to guard that little girl behind her… And I shout aloud and swear and curse myself since I’m almost there but not yet... The snake hisses and catches a long and slow breath of air, its ...