Brinley

Don't Fucking Tell Me to Calm Down

Langdon quickly extracted his body away from mine and got to his feet, posture tense and defensive, feet apart, hands out and shoulders forward.

Coal took a few more steps into the room and then stopped, his eyes darting between Langdon and back down to me on the floor.

It seemed as if he was deciding which one of us to address first, and by address, I wasn't sure if that meant to speak or attack. The more likely attack, given his clenched fists and ...