repeated the Master of Laws, leaning back in his chair. “Against the High Father’s Church?”“Yes, sir,” said Thomas.It had taken a half-hour of waiting and pleading before the Master of Laws agreed to see Thomas. Now he stood before the man’s desk, hoping he could make the Master listen to reason....
The pain jolted him and sent spots of light spinning in front of his eyes. A knife appeared, hanging in the air, its wielder near-invisible in the darkness. He looked past the blade, followed the arm to the face of the man holding his mouth shut. “Make a sound and you die,” the man hissed. Thomas...
He forced himself through the warm-up exercises, using them to clear his mind. He had just finished when the door opened and Eileen and Rose stepped through with Lady Prellham a few steps behind. Thomas’s jaw nearly dropped. He managed to say, “Hello, Miss Eileen.” “Thomas.” Eileen and Rose both ...