Mum sent me and Leighton a huge letter telling us that she was all right and how good the air raid wardens and the shelters were in the city, but made no mention at all of any of the questions I wanted her to answer. Henri suggested that she must be doing it to protect me, but I waved that off an...
The weeks passed in their usual speedy winter way, with mornings and evenings that were as dark as night, and lectures where the cold seeped into the hall and put every student into comatose slumber. Bradley Binns seemed to have fallen for Jeronomie’s ploy, and believed his excursion to the Imagi...
– Galileo Galilei Hearts have feelings and minds have memories long after they allegedly die. At least that’s what I’ve discovered. If Silas knows it too, then he’s not letting on. He just walks beside me down the foggy pavement, cane at his side. The golden spiral around the polished oak whirrs ...
Lady Eva, the Gypsy Madame, stood in the centre of a rabble of bubbling pots and clattering pans, attending to each one as though they were impatient children waiting to be fed. Great vents of steam blasted from different delicious concoctions as the stout lady opened their various lids. Lily wav...
It has been three days since our return to the half-empty Legion. Stirling and I have had very few moments alone since then, with Briggs doubling drills for the remaining soldiers, and doubling chores for us. I have cleaned the kitchens so often that a new layer of shiny red skin has replaced the...