The Diamond Conspiracy: A Ministry Of Peculiar Occurrences Novel - Plot & Excerpts
but the doors felt as if they were reinforced from the inside. Out of character for a simple warehouse on the banks of the Thames. What lay beyond this barrier, however, was not merely artefacts and trinkets from all over the globe, but more invaluable treasures: secrets. Sophia, standing next to the Maestro in the sanctuary of his battle armour, complete with Gatlings on his arms, surveyed the fortified doors. A subtle, brass sign proclaiming “Closed for Business . . . Until Further Notice” hung from between the handles. “We’re ready, sir,” one of his men, an angular consumptive look on his face and a smear of red hair on his head, spoke gently. The way this whelp kept his eyes averted from the Maestro said he was hugely uncomfortable, working for a face of metal and flesh. Perhaps it was because his pale skin seemed ready to blister every time he got too near the Maestro’s steam-powered breathing apparatus. Sophia could see the Maestro was completely unmoved by the soldier’s distress.
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