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A twous to crouch down and stay utterly still

“When do we ing the side of a hill for the better part of an hour, and I was getting worriedto freeze to it

“Not until it’s safe,” said Broderick

“And when is—”

“We’ll tell you,” both men said at once, in perfect stereo

I sighed and pulled the thick jacket Broderick had given hter around my shoulders It smelled like him I loved that part, even if I didn’t know quite ere doing just yet

Eventually I saw Damien’s brow crease, and he ducked down a little lower Of the two of them, apparently, he had the better eyes

“There They’ve left the cathedral”

“How many?”

“Three that I saw Could be more” There was a pause, and then Dah”

By her, I knew they meant Karessa The woman who’d been an ex-lover to both of them… at the same tiely reluctant to mention

Whatever history existed between the three of them, I could tell it ran deep There was s left here — there was bad blood, too The kind that hurt so badly it never fully went away, at least not at first Not until you’d gotten on with—

“Co me over “Look here” He pulled er “See it? Beyond the inner bailey?”

I squinted into the darkness Honestly, I couldn’t see shit

“What the hell’s an inner bailey?”