I gave him a teething rattle purchased from the men’s woodwork exhibition at 1st Eastern, but could not get into the spirit, my thoughts continually drifting to my half-brother. I must keep telling myself there is no doubt he is gone, but it is as if the news of his death is something I dreamt, a...
14.The Pinnacles rose sharp and dour above the easier line of hills that sloped away towards the coast. Their stark outline clicked a memory in Geneva’s mind: she’d been here before. How had she forgotten that? She, her father, Stephen, and his friend Mike — her father had...
You might want to pull your cap a little lower.’ Fenn steered them under the spiked gate and into the marina. Bowmen were strung like beads along the city wall, each jetty crowded with officials and soldiers. Risha glanced sidelong from beneath the broad brim of her hat. There was a backlog of ba...
With Tilda and Sophie settled, Colm’s body loaded beneath a shroud, and Marn and Wilum side by side with their legs dangling over the tailgate, Malky slaps the reins and steers the lumbering cart out of the yard. At the last, Farra offers to accompany them. “If it would be...