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While Leander and I were staring duathering around his hair--Hol at a cluster of trees across the field, and took off unerringly, an arrow loosed from a bow

I followed her I didn’t knohat else to do Had I just seen August shot down? Had Hadrian or Phillipa escaped to do it, or was it so when I kicked hih time to recover Had he decided to cut his losses and start killing any Moriarty he could get within his crosshairs? Money, I thought, and keeping up this old ive up to keep it--

August Holrace with a knife to his neck Haoddamn Denmark Shot dead on the Holht before us "I see you," Hol behind her as she skidded to a stop "Coe of the last word "Come down and face me"

With a rustle of branches, a man dropped down to the snow He held a rifle in one hand, a scope affixed to the top His collar was turned up against the cold "Lottie," Milo said shakily "Is Hadrian still alive?"

"You--what did you do?"

"I put Hadrian down," he said, his eyes wild "I ca to tell you--so--"

"Milo, what have you done?"

Her brother shook his head, as if to clear it "My tea cell on the plane I saw hi our uncle I put hi about Lucien--"

As gently asheart would let h that’d never been said to hiht? I admit I took a risky shot, but I’m fairly sure that I saw--"

Charlotte Hol "Milo," she said "Milo Milo, no No, you didn’t"

In the distance, a car started up There was yelling, so out, Don’t touch ravel When I turned to look, a lone figure, ain front of the Holmeses’ dark estate Like so for a place to spend the night

Eone Hadrian and Phillipa--where were they?

"I--" Milo was shaking He held the gun out in front of hiust--and Hadrian--God, Lottie, I can’t do this anye, no intel, noI can’t keep doing this How could I, and succeed?"