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Page 14 and 15: Ethan sensed that Folter had alread
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Page 20 and 21: Ethan said. “The Admiralty Court
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Page 24 and 25: Chapter TWO Ezra Corbett and his wi
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Page 28 and 29: older daughter, though I didn’t e
Page 30 and 31: The merchant finished counting out
Page 32 and 33: The merchant gazed out into the nig
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Page 38 and 39: Ethan felt the ghost watching him,
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Page 42 and 43: Ethan had yet to meet anyone brave
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Page 52 and 53: Diver’s eyes widened. “Really?
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alone and deal harshly with him.
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standing, his eyes fixed on the doo
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knew him well enough to understand
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Eventually, as the crowd in the tav
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eyes and tipped his head forward.
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“Idiots!” Kannice said. She gla
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lives near the Court House.” “I
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to say categorically that the riots
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Ethan lay there for a few minutes m
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Ethan hesitated, then took a seat.
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while, to live off the money he had
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“No,” he said. “Mister Berson
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comin’,” the man went on. “On
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wood with such fury that Ethan half
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their toll. Every day, Boston felt
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But that hadn’t stopped men like
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Ethan followed Troutbeck through an
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him. Once the sound of Troutbeck’
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“I’m not sure this is the time
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wanted him and not Sephira Pryce or
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“You’re Missus Brower’s broth
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man paused and took a slow breath.
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The minister paled again, but manag
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understand. The ghost appeared besi
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over her chest. There was another s
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Chapter FIVE Ethan turned slowly, h
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“It’s an odd color,” Bett fin
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elatedly he thought of the two mini
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didn’t have spellmaking abilities
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eally be so surprising?” She glan
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an excuse to change her mind. He pu
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“You should put on some clean clo
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to the door. The young minister mer
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Henry nodded, frowning with disgust
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footsteps on the stairs below him.
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He heard the door rattle behind him
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louse, and a waistcoat, like anyone
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she was the mistress of her own fat
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Ethan’s throat, much as Ethan had
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watching him. “Don’t make me do
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shook her head and said, “No, I c
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Ethan heard the ring of coins, and
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Chapter SIX “Ethan? Ethan, y’al
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Ethan had to laugh, though it hurt
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“I was noticing that. I think I
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his head. “Pryce and Berson in on
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Boston. The day had grown warm, and
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hair and Scottish accent who hired
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“I collect them,” Berson said n
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carefully into the chair. “Please
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Cormack, for instance. He and I hav
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“I believe this rabble was capabl
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“I went to King’s Chapel today,
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He even took a step back from Ethan
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me to take the job?” Berson shook
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“That’s usually the case,” Et
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way ya look, I’d say ya have some
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provincial government were housed.
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crossing over Mill Creek into the N
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a solid home befitting one of the m
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Ethan’s knock was several years y
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name is Ethan Kaille. Abner Berson
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wished to see her. I try—” He w
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the streets.” “Yes, sir. Do you
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This last he added for Derne’s be
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approached the Derne house. “Exce
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paid him the night before. He knew,
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was casting at a great distance. He
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name.” Ethan smiled. “That’s
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dangerous. That brooch—it was tak
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The girl cast no shadow. That was w
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Chapter EIGHT Ethan remained utterl
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As he reached the first turn in the
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“It doesn’t matter,” Ethan sa
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had never seen someone who had been
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Every year on Pope’s Day—Novemb
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ipped, as if he was mauled by a fer
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Orders.” Ethan decided in that mo
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ghost. The glowing old man nodded.
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it.” He stepped out of the room a
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wind up back in the Dowsing Rod; wh
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shoulder again, and they started wa
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nonsense,” Kannice said, casting
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free if it meant banishing Diver fr
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which he removed upon entering the
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men of the watch. “Take it from h
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ut her expression didn’t change.
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Charleston, then on a barely seawor
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allowed himself to be transported a
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Ethan couldn’t have been more sur
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much notice of Ethan and the men wi
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Ethan didn’t know what to say. Ha
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fear to show my face in the streets
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least for the moment. Already his b
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to you, as well.” “I understand
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himself hidden until he could see t
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at a full run, Ethan chose to cut t
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immediately, his chest heaving with
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“Easy, Kaille,” Yellow-hair sai
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that ran parallel to the waterfront
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He sounded too sure of himself. Eth
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former betrothed, stood at the corn
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Chapter TEN “He works for Sephira
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limbs at once. His skin was fair, h
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trickling down his temples, but his
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to their mother as if they were old
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was today?” Holin stared back at
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you reacted.” Ethan wasn’t sure
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man hang?” Too many times. He had
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sighing. “You can come in for a m
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“It’s about Holin. He tells me
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I’m … I’m working on somethin
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than Ramsey. He cut himself and whi
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She smiled. “I agree.” “You a
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walking past the pastureland at the
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“Lux ex gramine evocatus.” Ligh
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“Jennifer Berson was killed by a
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acked away, his eyes growing wide.
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customary to wait four days.” Pel
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daughter was killed by a petty thie
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“You’ve been looking into the m
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Ruby Blade, and as a man of God, I
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heard a rumor that Jennifer Berson
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told Diver about Folter, but he did
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think that you’ll find any excuse
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y telling her that he did love her.
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He climbed out of bed, still sore;
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from Newport. Janna was African, an
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place was empty. Ethan walked to th
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that Ethan knew of. Still, there wa
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“I need your help, Janna. There
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“Damn,” Janna muttered. She sat
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“Did it work?” Ethan asked. Jan
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that it was another killin’ spell
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said. “Between this speller and S
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had spoken. Ebenezer Mackintosh had
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he and Ethan were seated by the hea
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pay you, and you can be free of thi
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would feel safer if we could keep t
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jus’ wants a word.” “Right,
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eath, handed Nigel the knife, and s
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lades and firearms in this room fro
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She offered that same little pout h
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have.” “And what did you two di
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notwithstanding, she hated him. The
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too much for his taste. “I’m su
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name poor Daniel Folter as Jennifer
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are just outside that door. At a wo
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apart from within. Scraps of timber
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Chapter THIRTEEN Sephira and her to
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Berson’s wharf was only a short d
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ecognized him as Gilbert Deblois, t
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knew, which meant that everyone els
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“That was Miss Pryce’s idea. Sh
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smile on his face. “Just … talk
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stumbled upon something she wasn’
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“Ethan!” Diver said, halting an
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either.” “Do you really think s
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were also among the most frequently
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time. Diver still stood in the road
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stepped away from the bar, a tankar
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“James, would you be so kind as t
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The look in Darrow’s eyes had har
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“The charges brought against him
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serving. “And what of Oliver’s
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Mackintosh is guilty of murder, and
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ecome perhaps our greatest liabilit
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Carriages rattled past, and Ethan h
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seat opposite his. “It’s too ba
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Ethan stared back at her and pushed
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“You should have listened to me,
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club. His kick caught Sephira’s m
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when fed by the grass. The man dabb
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once more. Then he cast a second fi
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He said it as quickly as he could,
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you, if you like.” The minister s
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looked into Ethan’s eyes. “You
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Accusations of witchcraft often beg
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weren’t witches. Like most spelle
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deserted lane, onto Hollis Street,
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Ethan kept his eyes trained on the
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Ethan merely shook his head. The re
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of Boston, we must remember that sh
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Ethan stared at the man. He opened
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“A member of the congregation?”
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stepping to a washbasin and scrubbi
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“Pell would agree with you.”
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Many people, Ethan knew, shared thi
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ack to King’s Chapel, their colla
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person casting them is willing to p
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of pipe smoke and ale and stew. And
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as she burst out laughing. “You w
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her what he had learned from Janna
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encounter. “Are you worried about
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tomorrow.” “Of course.” Ethan
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Chapter SIXTEEN Ethan’s first tho
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“What spell did you use on him?
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She had laughed at his warding, at
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tonight. In fact, the conjurer had
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She didn’t sound like a child any
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spell. Or you can accept that you
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Caecitas ex vita huiusce canis—ex
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leg aching. He stepped past her, en
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conjured from mullein. At first not
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holding it under his nose. It smell
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“Well, thank you,” she said at
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time is it now?” “It’s late,
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up the narrow stairway to Holin’s
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He had never mentioned Kannice to h
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Chapter SEVENTEEN As soon as he was
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from the kitchen “Who’s there?
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Satisfied that the Dowser was secur
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tugging gently at his shirt. “Com
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chest that he feared would never go
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noticed anything. For Kelf’s bene
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door. The rain had stopped, but dar
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Do you think you’re safe now beca
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way of getting close to her father?
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“I don’t believe so. I came her
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other you to work so closely with a
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nose was crooked and his hair hung
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underestimated him. Watching Mackin
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Ethan sighed, but he could hardly b
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Kaille. Ebenezer has had several lo
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“Nobody is going to hang you, Ebe
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new, Mackintosh’s were unmarked.
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him to get close enough to the merc
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“Yes,” Troutbeck called after h
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“I know. I don’t share his conc
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The light spread from her chest, as
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“If someone were to cast another
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“In my church? How dare you!”
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“And I believe it’s possible th
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“You did that,” Caner said. “
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Again the minister stared at him; h
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Rod. Once more he knew that he risk
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een here at all. What business did
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once more, accompanied by none othe
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Diver and Derne had halted. When Pr
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vine released him. Not that it matt
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want a few of them dead, I know tha
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from blood! It was remarkable to hi
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Scabies ex vomitu meo evocata. Itch
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expected at any moment to be attack
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Anna looked up at the sound and smi
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He was manacled at the wrists and a
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Unable to speak because of the clot
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“You should have listened to us,
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“Th’ uhthahs?” Ethan managed
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amusement. “Did you just ask me w
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Ethan leaned against the tree and d
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probably put him up to it. But not
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it had been. Still leaning close to
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thumb. He began to scrape his wrist
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his finger. He inhaled sharply thro
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Darrow. But he nodded and reluctant
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Darrow glanced back at Mackintosh.
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that he had heard. “Well, so he
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Darrow glared at him, the threat of
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night. This time his brow furrowed,
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vanished, and he wondered what Pell
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“Is it too late for that partners
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Chapter TWENTY-TWO Life was drainin
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Darrow held himself still, his eyes
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Ethan forced himself to concentrate
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conjurer. He aimed it at the shackl
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Through a haze of agony, Ethan drew
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weapons. “Enough of this, Ethan,
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The stain on his coat vanished as q
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Chapter TWENTY-THREE For a moment,
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doesn’t like anyone. But she’ll
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to those he worked for. Everything
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hers: a warning. Janna twisted arou
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Mackintosh, Otis, and even Greenlea
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importance of what we fight for.”
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who fight for it respond. We refuse
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scowling at him. “Well, let’s h
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Diver stared down at his half-finis
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“Everything all right here?” sh
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joined her there, she greeted him w
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Ethan thought about telling the mer
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this time, but as Ethan was leaving
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She padded closer and licked his ch
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“See you later, Henry,” Ethan s
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ightly on the cobblestone. Once pas
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“Yes, sir. Simply put, Peter Darr
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expected him to leave. But after a
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his conversation with Hutchinson, a
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Ethan stood and took out his knife.
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asked her. “What was Darrow to yo
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“Hmmm.” She retrieved her own w
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1765, occurred much as they are des
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Latin for me, and during one memora
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everything I do more rewarding and
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About the Author D. B. JACKSON is t
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