"I do. I have a question," Anny said quickly, the words tumbling out before she could stop them. John laughed, the sound cold and knowing. "Trying to buy yourself time?" He saw right through her and she gulped hard, her throat constricting with fear. "Well, I'm not against that. So what is your question? Let's see how much time you can actually buy." Anny opened her mouth to speak, to ask something, anything, but her brain went completely blank. She searched desperately, racking her mind for a question, but there was suddenly nothing there. Just moments ago, she had a thousand questions burning inside her and now she couldn't find a single one. The room seemed to spin around her, the shadows dancing at the edges of her vision. The cold seeped through the floor, into he
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