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‘He ht not have returned to London after Cumbria’

‘True However, he will have left a trail Everyone does, even the best of us Leave the matter with me’

‘I cannot sit and do nothing,’ Edge objected

‘Naturally not Surely you have other matters to attend to after so many years abroad?’

Sir Oswald’s gaze rested briefly on Sae’s jaw clenched at the subtle emphasis, but he refused to be manipulated

‘Nothingmy brother’

‘Corant me a day or so to do just that before youfor Paris by the end of the week so make use of e, you are by nature a patient man If I cannot secure any inforh town like a stuck bull if you wish Meanwhile there is surely soreat city?’

Sae

‘Yes, there is I have an errand to run’

Chapter Eleven

‘Open it,’ Leila said

Gabriel obeyed, a little wary Opening strange boxes led to peculiar outcomes in the Hidden City

This one didn’t suck hieons, but into another world and for a brief, beautiful moment he was home

—Treasures of Siwa,

Desert Boy Book Five

‘I keep forgetting how noisy London is,’ Edge said as he helped Sae into the orderly chaos of Piccadilly ‘I think I’ve missed it A little’