Where Shadows Dance (2011)
Where Shadows Dance
“Pivoting, Sebastian fired the remaining barrel of his pistol into the man’s chest.
Within the confines of the warehouse, the report was deafening, the air filling with the stench of burnt powder. The man flopped backward, twitched once, then lay still.
“Gor,” said Tom on an exhalation of breath.
Sebastian went to rest his fingers against the man’s neck.
“Is he dead?” whispered Tom, struggling to sit up.
Rather than answer, Sebastian went to help the boy to his feet. Then he held him by the shou...lders a moment longer than was strictly necessary, his gaze on the lad’s pale, freckled face. “Are you all right?”
“Aye, gov’nor. They just roughed me up a bit. It was you they was lookin’ to kill.”
“They knew my name?” Sebastian caught the tiger’s cap up off the brick floor and handed it to him.
“Aye. Who ye reckon set them on ye?” asked Tom, using the cap to whack the dust off his coat and breeches as he followed Sebastian out into the shadow-filled street.
“I’m not sure.MoreLess
Within the confines of the warehouse, the report was deafening, the air filling with the stench of burnt powder. The man flopped backward, twitched once, then lay still.
“Gor,” said Tom on an exhalation of breath.
Sebastian went to rest his fingers against the man’s neck.
“Is he dead?” whispered Tom, struggling to sit up.
Rather than answer, Sebastian went to help the boy to his feet. Then he held him by the shou...lders a moment longer than was strictly necessary, his gaze on the lad’s pale, freckled face. “Are you all right?”
“Aye, gov’nor. They just roughed me up a bit. It was you they was lookin’ to kill.”
“They knew my name?” Sebastian caught the tiger’s cap up off the brick floor and handed it to him.
“Aye. Who ye reckon set them on ye?” asked Tom, using the cap to whack the dust off his coat and breeches as he followed Sebastian out into the shadow-filled street.
“I’m not sure.MoreLess
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