The Sleeping Life

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This book is in Australian English. It is a sequel to Stained Glass Monsters and develops events from that book.

Even ignoring his nightmare predicament, Fallon DeVries would be glad to get back to the Arkathan and away from the ritual of saying goodnight to an idealised statue of his mother and sister. Every evening, as his father pressed lips to a marble forehead, Fallon’s heart crawled into his stomach and writhed.

"You’re looking well today, my dears," Vannan DeVries said. He reached down to pat the head of the smaller of the two figures, then glanced expectantly at Fallon.

"Goodnight Mother," Fallon said, obediently. "'Night Auri."

"You must be sure to visit on rest day, Fallon," his father said. "The house will be quiet with only we three."

"You’re forgetting Mrs Pardons."

"Indeed. Though I regret to say this evening’s offering will not easily slip my mind." Fallon’s father tugged at his short, brown-blond beard. "Perhaps she would do better with an assistant. We burden our old helpmate too much."

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