It was all right. Nick thought about this and decided that what Alan said was true. He'd never been helpless before, not since he could remember, but now he was and everything was all right. He did not have to speak, he was not able to move, all he could do was lie there and have his brother hold him, hunched over and shielding him from the world.


The Demon's Lexicon (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2009) - ISBN: 9781416963790


It was all right. Nick thought about this and decided that what Alan said was true. He'd never been helpless before, not since he could remember, but ...

It was all right. Nick thought about this and decided that what Alan said was true. He'd never been helpless before, not since he could remember, but ...

It was all right. Nick thought about this and decided that what Alan said was true. He'd never been helpless before, not since he could remember, but ...

It was all right. Nick thought about this and decided that what Alan said was true. He'd never been helpless before, not since he could remember, but ...