A Charm Of Magpies 03 Flight Of Magpies - Plot & Excerpts
His face hurt, and his wrists and ankles hurt, and his heart hurt most of all. He was such a damned fool. He might have saved Rickaby if he’d only acted; even if Rickaby had always been doomed, he would have had a better chance of saving Crane. They had no chance at all now. Why had he gone, why had he walked into this trap… Lucien, Lucien, what have I done to you? The iron burned cold on his wrists, shutting down his senses, so that he had nothing but eyes and ears, which he didn’t want to use, because he had no desire to see what was going to happen. Lady Bruton was marching up and down in front of the dais, with little, irritated steps. “Where the devil is the man?” she snapped. “Why doesn’t he come?” “He’ll come,” Fairley assured her, as if he knew any more than she did. “We have Day. He’ll want his boy friend back, Pastern said—” “Pastern.”
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