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TOR BOOKS BY D. B. JACKSON Thieftaker Thieves’ Quarry (2013)
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The author and publisher have provi
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Contents Title Page Dedication A Pl
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Historical Note Acknowledgments Tor
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light of day, but the sky over Bost
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and glinting off the dagger he carr
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“I was hired by Ezra Corbett to r
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the dead. Folter wouldn’t be able
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The pup gasped and doubled up. “W
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“I’ll give you one day, Daniel,
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jus’ … I wouldn’ tell anyone.
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Only two weeks before, such a rabbl
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He was a short, round man whose clo
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coins. Ethan tensed. “Is that so?
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felt the pulse of a spell, the air
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knew only of the mutiny and Ethan
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and trotted up to him. Shelly and P
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“Care t’ join us?” the man as
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At last, as he continued to walk up
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Chapter THREE The Dowsing Rod was o
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Ethan had to laugh. The evening mis
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“We’re paid through a few round
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only for an instant. “Is he … d
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He smiled, as did she. Then she loo
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Diver’s cheeks reddened. He was a
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can’t sell any of it the usual wa
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“I have for years. Why should it
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efore.” Diver got up again, eager
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a part of him would always long for
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“You say it went well with Corbet
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Kannice giggled. “I’m glad to h
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disgusted. “Not tha’ we know,
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Chapter FOUR Soon after the men lef
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Ethan could tell that Kannice was w
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He reached for his shirt. “All ri
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“You understand, sir, that I’m
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change at all. “It’s no’ my p
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The stranger looked genuinely surpr
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to me?” “I thought you weren’
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She straightened, her eyes meeting
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Church of England. Its congregation
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natural wood. Given the chapel’s
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still uncertain, and so when a figu
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dark hair. A powdered wig sat on th
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“I understand,” Ethan said. “
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“No.” “Perhaps she wasn’t m
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don’t you? You just don’t want
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“You can learn those things?”
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serene; she couldn’t have known w
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murderer’s conjuring had struck h
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ared his arm, and laid the blade ag
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that.” Bett stared at the dead gi
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me something more about the spell i
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Ethan had thought, for at last Bett
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He threw his hands wide. “I don
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efore. What did you expect?” “I
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half expected her to gloat at the a
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She stopped at that and regarded hi
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shirt, the sleeves of which he had
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told, the diminutive cooper worried
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Before he could clear his vision or
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kindness. God knew they could be al
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But her sex remained her greatest w
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safe. And by dint of having forged
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Ethan wanted to challenge her on th
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not sure I’d tell you if I did, b
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important clients and ruin my reput
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him. “But we both know that you
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position. His head spun a bit, but
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done before had impressed the old m
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The cooper glanced doubtfully at th
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Uncle Reg appeared, took one look a
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those around it, and it was modest
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Even in the wealthiest households,
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Missus Berson, and your younger dau
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“There weren’t any others, even
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probably wouldn’t be asking such
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The merchant rubbed a hand over his
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sensation some years back.” “It
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woman in the city to be talking abo
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cheek. “It was oval,” she said
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“By Cyrus Derne,” Ethan said.
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Chapter SEVEN Like the Bersons, the
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off with a stronger sheriff and a c
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head slowly, his expression grim.
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“Aye,” Ethan said, fighting to
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elaborate black cockades, and both
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“That’s fine, sir. Thank you. A
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overhead. “Occasionally, yes. I
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“Sir?” “Looking for betrayal
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had the chance. And to be honest I
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hope you’ll let me know.” “Of
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Berson and Derne, and even Sephira
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and her men charging at him. The gi
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She didn’t walk quickly, and in t
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ooch is all that matters. And I can
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illusion—or hers—for several mi
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the conjurer wasn’t using Ethan
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“Lux ex cruore evocatus!” Light
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The minister looked away, gently to
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y the men who found him. Mister Tro
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“I doubt he or his family had any
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thinking about the boy, and how str
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“Yes, you could,” Ethan said, k
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asked. “Surely you could do for y
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gasp from his lips. He sat still fo
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Berson paying.” “Speaking of jo
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“She seen you since…?” Diver
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so, Diver responded. “It’s Gren
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courage he could find a way to keep
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Greenleaf hardly spared her a glanc
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doubled over, and the man drove his
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Chapter NINE The sheriff and his me
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killed a rat behind the hovel and a
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spot for a prison, set in the midst
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the stairs, Ethan thought he saw a
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door behind him. Hutchinson faced E
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“Yes, Your Honor,” Ethan said.
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who abused my family and me with su
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Matthews?” he asked. “Yes, sir.
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you’ll have to go to Sephira Pryc
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make it home without being seen. Th
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hitting him full in the chest. Nap
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Nap. “What does Sephira want with
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“Yes.” The man smiled. “Tha
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The man looked at him. “Yellow-ha
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Boston have t’ feel safe. They ha
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Daniel’s body. “Tha’ could be
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that bloodied alley. Mercy is weakn
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done. Mother never catches herself
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learning that she had been widowed,
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having this small role in their liv
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“You get it now?” the boy deman
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“Sephira killed him because she k
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“Why are you with him?” she ask
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memory lingered. When he dreamed of
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think they would be fine.” “But
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to the Dowser and see Kannice. He n
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their first encounter. The girl mar
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communicate through the girl, but a
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uildings. The breeze off the harbor
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murder.” “It is over, Kaille. A
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Chapter ELEVEN By the time he reach
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the nearest pew. Leaning back, he c
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“No. But another day would have h
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Before Pell could respond, Ethan he
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heavy-lidded eyes. He didn’t wait
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Caner halted, as did Ethan. “I le
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with dark purple bruises. Seeing Et
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Ethan had finally finished his tale
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“That sounded stranger coming out
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eeches, one fist wrapped around Jen
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did all they could to avoid notice.
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always went to Janna. Ethan followe
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toward the bar. “Well, you here,
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Ethan shook his head, knowing that
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he turned to look, it had vanished.
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dangerous extreme: killing spells.
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had stolen from a peddler. “It’
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“You do that,” she said without
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Chapter TWELVE Ethan stepped onto t
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a casting would do anything, destro
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another explaining this to someone
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“You needed … you needed her
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daughter’s brooch and putting thi
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etter than Sephira Pryce deserved.
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and austere bastard swords that mig
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the room, Ethan could smell her per
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inquiry, but he managed to stop him
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comment away. She studied his face
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“Answer the question.” “I fou
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wouldn’t do for him to lose himse
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“No, I haven’t.” She started
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listening.” She shook her head sl
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nodded. The big man did as Ethan ha
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hating him; as long as he insisted
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olled barrels, and others worked in
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paused to watch Ethan and his son,
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“You told me that you had no idea
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you, but later, when I told Abner,
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had nothing to do with her or her m
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watching, and Ethan thought they lo
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me work.” He took a step, intendi
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You find out what those spells did
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abroad in the city after dark if he
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tavern. But no one stopped him or o
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Chapter FOURTEEN Adams walked to wh
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“And this is Peter Darrow.” Oti
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cast our lot with that charlatan th
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he looked apoplectic. But it was Ad
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his rabble inflicted upon Thomas Hu
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need the support of laborers, wharf
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North Square. We had word that Mack
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pulling the trigger already. “Go
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“Hello, Ethan.” He knew that vo
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throwing off enough heat to warm Et
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instant, Ethan charged the first ma
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But before Ethan could get to his f
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them, conjured— The phrasing slow
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with blood than I can with grass.
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that struck him dumb. He couldn’t
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sheriff had apologized for meddling
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Chapter FIFTEEN Conjurers in the Am
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hearing what Greenleaf said, though
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I have your blade please?” Ethan
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Before long they reached the chapel
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“Does the bullet wound hurt much?
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Greenleaf shifted his weight from o
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pointedly. He eyed Ethan again. “
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Mister Caner and I just lied to She
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The door opened onto a comfortable
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Ethan stared at him, his mouth hang
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me for asking.” “It’s all rig
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of agreement between Thomas Hutchin
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“Did you feel a spell?” Ethan a
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freedom. And here he was, scared of
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A few moments later, Kannice arrive
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“Some.” A lot, actually. “I
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himself hadn’t thought to ask. Ka
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conjurer is after me.” “You’r
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the blood draining from his face. A
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“You didn’t listen,” Anna sai
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daughter.” She shook her head.
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would shatter. Red-hot iron flowed
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cruore evocatum! Conjured from bloo
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You’ll watch the boy die, and the
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Strange, isn’t it? There should b
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was sorry. The words caught in his
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Ethan turned his attention back to
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They should fit you. Get yourself c
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“Who?” she asked, as if intent
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He was sure she would object, that
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Ethan and Elli shared a look. “Al
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her was something else entirely.
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stepped once more into the rain and
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Nor was he done taking risks. He st
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want to go home. So I thought I’d
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ack, and get away myself, but … b
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the conjurer broken through his war
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His boots were still damp, but they
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I’m safe?” “If I have to.”
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As Ethan approached the Derne house
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“He’s not afraid of you. No one
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stepped aside, revealing the last p
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Brower laughed. “Don’t be ridic
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stock in this, thinking it the bitt
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know tha’—” “I’m investig
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Mackintosh’s swagger fell away. H
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interests at heart, but he’s done
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ut to dissemble, at least until he
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had no doubt that they could convin
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Chapter EIGHTEEN As much as he didn
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seemed agitated. Ethan expected the
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“As close to a daughter as I’m
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so simple that Ethan laughed out lo
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light…” Ethan shook his head.
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of him. But he couldn’t remember
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“What did you say?” the rector
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asked. “I believe so. This girl,
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Mister Kaille,” he finally said,
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Chapter NINETEEN Ethan was more eag
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the middle of the afternoon the wha
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usiness with the merchant? He watch
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At the north end of Ship Street, th
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have said that this was a finding s
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hear the old man hiss, like a feral
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as a prisoner had inured him to pai
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imagine before you die!” He had m
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across the lane, heading north, awa
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crashing heavily on his maimed hand
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Chapter TWENTY Consciousness came t
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them that he could use to fuel a sp
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Ethan nodded. Anna glanced to the s
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would go to all that trouble. Anna
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Here is a man I could work with, a
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naïve to a fault, and Otis is wors
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streets near Mackintosh’s mob. Sh
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actually. You’ll hardly feel a th
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was rough enough to have scraped hi
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hired to do this. What he wants or
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Chapter TWENTY-ONE Darrow came forw
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Mackintosh’s frown deepened. “Y
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ing. “I think he’s tryin’ t
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Ethan saw the image of Stephen Gree
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him! Bu’ you haven’ touched him
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had sent to keep watch on Darrow; S
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all of this unfold. Now, though, he
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vanished from Darrow’s face, leav
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alarmed. “You shouldn’t have co
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Then he looked at Darrow, and there
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more real than any he had conjured
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three men addled. It also hammered
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cordwainer backed away from the man
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Page 603 and 604: will always be welcomed as a friend
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Page 607 and 608: walk, shoulders hunched, hands in t
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Page 613 and 614: Berson had just turned to close the
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Page 617 and 618: Chapter TWENTY-FOUR As Ethan neared
Page 619 and 620: happened. I found him out front thi
Page 621 and 622: stopping him from going this day, r
Page 623 and 624: where Hutchinson sat alone, gazing
Page 625 and 626: Hutchinson again. “He was what so
Page 627 and 628: purposes by dark means.” Hutchins
Page 629 and 630: “Is it beautiful?” Kannice aske
Page 631 and 632: friend?” she repeated. “I’ll
Page 633 and 634: need to be more careful?” Ethan a
Page 635 and 636: Historical Note Historical fiction
Page 637 and 638: Acknowledgments I’ve written hist
Page 639: Stephen Leigh, Lynn Flewelling, Car
Page 643 and 644: This is a work of fiction. All of t
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