Dark
Shadows
Ch. 3
When Riddick returned the next morning Li
was sitting with her back to the wall and her legs stretched out in
front of her. Her face was tilted towards the ceiling. She had
obviously been crying.
"Kyra's dead."
Startled
out of her trance she nodded and pulled her legs into her posture
from the night before.
He didn't understand this strange girl
who clung to the shadows like a drowning man to a life preserve. Of
course she was afraid of him, most were but she looked like she would
be terrified of anything. And judging from the scene last night, it
wouldn't do any good to threaten her. He would have to get her to
trust him a little.
He sat down a few feet from her and leaned
back against the wall.
"But you knew that already,"
he said. "And you know who I am, don't you?"
Li
nodded.
"I saved her life more than once--"
"Wasn't
enough," Li said softly.
Riddick didn't show his suprise
at finally hearing her speak.
"No," he said, "it
wasn't."
After a moment he continued, "You knew her
pretty well. Any information you could give me would be worth your
while."
"The blade," she said.
He knew
she was referring to the knife from the night before.
"Whatever you need," he replied.