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‘My dear Irene,’ Brada her hands to adjust her hat and her hair, ‘I ry Fae, but I can certainly handle one ht?’
Bradareat detective like your Vale to look at the chair you’re sitting in and see that it’s usually sat in by an extre Just because she had her own particular tastes in fiction didn’t mean that she liked to be sneered at about the two days ago It arrived five days ago, then three days after that he would have sent it on‘Ah!’ she said, finding the date ‘Mh Professor Betony e, looking for a e from Lord Wyndham, redispatched to--’
‘To Dominic Aubrey, British Library!’ Brada over her shoulder
‘Of course!’ Irene slapped her hand against the desk ‘You said it yourself, Dominic was indiscreet in what he told Wyndha to steal the book’ Well, technically a cold iron safe would keep a book safe from any thieves, not just Fae ones, but Silver had known to look there for the book ‘If Wyndham wanted to hide the book from Silver, and if he knew more or less about Dominic, or at least if he knew for certain that Doeneral, and Silver in particularWyndhae before his death, once he had the copy of the book etting incoherent, and she took a deep breath ‘He et the book back from Dominic later’ Suddenly her earlier fears about Doht pain knifed into the side of her neck, as sharp and vivid as a wasp’s sting She would have exclaimed in shock, but the words were soing back into the wide seat, thoughts clear but body nule deliberate word
‘But thatthe end of her hatpin on the shoulder of Irene’s coat before sliding it back into her own hat, ‘that I don’t need you any more’
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
‘What’reyoudoin’?’ Irene slurred She could barely for sure that this mission will be a success,’ Bradamant answered ‘I haven’t brokenit to you before returning to the Library I will still do so once I’ve collected it from Dominic Aubrey’s office But that will be at my own convenience and in a way that I choose In the er’
‘Stpd,’ Irene mumbled Stupid She needed to tell Bradamant what she suspected about Alberich, but Bradamant’s attack on her had just made that iment of strayed hair back under her hat ‘It’s a curare derivative You should be back on your feet in half an hour or so It probably won’t affect your breathing or your heart’ She smiled maliciously ‘Or perhaps it will It’s not as if I’ve tested it that often, after all Cheer up, Irene dear! Soon you’ll be free of all these annoying worries about the Library and your actual job, and you can concentrate on your friends here instead Perhaps you’ll get anothertoilet paper, for exa to form words You stupid idiot, don’t you realize that I was about to tell you so important?
This would have been the perfect time to develop telepathy, except that as far as she knew, it was purely fictional
Bradaer ‘I’m not blind, you know,’ she said ‘I have been aware of you watchingI’ve seen you turn up your little nose at ness to lie to get the job done Your generaldislike of ood word We wouldn’t call it quite scorn now, but you don’t like me at all’
I suspect Dominic Aubrey isn’t really Dominic Aubrey, Irene tried to convey with her eyes I think Alberich replaced hio I think that the kindold and vicious wearing Dominic Aubrey’s skin And I think the only reason he hasn’t found the book yet is that he didn’t know about Dominic Aubrey’s contacts And, crucially, he hasn’t bothered to check Dominic Aubrey’s mail
‘Get over it’ Bradamant s of lucky parents, who then spend the rest of their lives being treated like little angels Sorateful to be out of places worse than you can iine’ A shadow flickered behind her eyes ‘We appreciate e’ve been given And ould do anything, anything at all, to do our job properly You can play around with your great detective as much as you like, Irene – oh, don’t think I never worked that one out I knoho you want to be But I knoho I am I’ll sacrifice whoever and whatever I must sacrifice to complete the mission If you really understood, if you were really a proper Librarian, then you’d do the same Perhaps sole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">