Chapter 5
“You can’t stand out here all night in the rain. You’ll freeze to death.” Odd that Alex had known he would find Mani out here, but the sensation crept through his bones while he paced in his bedroom, until the only solution was to prove his imagination wrong and to go in search of him. When he found Mani’s bedroom empty, he’d carried on through to the back garden dismayed to realise his sixth sense was working just fine. Mani stood, white hair hanging in a heavy drape, sodden from the rain.
Weary, obviously reluctant, Mani turned and moved back to the house. Alex stood aside, holding the door open with one hand as the alien stepped across the threshold. The moment he closed the door, Alex grabbed Mani by one arm, preventing him from escaping into the depths of the cottage.
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