The Twisted Ones

by T. Kingfisher

There is probably a sum of money that could have incited me to sleep in that room. I am not wealthy and I can be bought. But it would be up in the thousands. I’m easy, but not cheap.

I had no idea how old the book was, and for all I knew it came from an era when semicolons were routinely scattered about like flower petals.

If you’re thinking that I was focusing on something inconsequential in order to not think about what was happening, you are absolutely correct.