—LITTLE JOHN The first rule of banditry that Will learned was you could lie in wait all day and not catch a single thing, which was why the really good bandits did the necessary legwork. That’s why Rob had sent Much into Nottingham to find a promising fellow—wealthy but not too well guarded. Suff...
Over the course of one evening, Daniel had tried to recap weeks’ worth of lessons, and it hadn’t gone well. Daniel was distracted and Mollie turned impatient early on. She’d snap at him for going too slow; then when it came time to demonstrate that she’d understood, she’d miss a step and end up c...
Confessions. Eric got Georgie home safely, and it was just dumb luck that Daniel’s little brother hadn’t gotten a good look at the Shades. Convincing him that the shadow creatures were really just kids in Halloween costumes felt wrong in a way, but how do you explain the truth of such things to a...
the Captain whispered, careless of the seawater dripping from his mustache. “This place isn’t going to be a stroll in the park like the Lemuria Outcropping. Just follow my lead and try to stay quiet.” Then he opened Miles Macintosh’s bedroom door. By this point I was having a much harder time ign...