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The Girl in the Wych Elm (XV)

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XV. A Knight of Swords  The NightCap was the partners’ refuge after every shift. The dinner became Nicolai’s and Hollis’ second home over the years. A haven where they could unwind and forget about the dark horrors of their jobs over a meal and drinks. Hollis’ patronage ended after Nicolai’s death. The NightCap had lost its appeal to Hollis without his partner across from him with that goofy, optimistic smile plastered on his face. The food lost its flavor without someone dear to share stories and laughter with. The light of the NightCap disappeared as the light inside Hollis did.   Fidgeting with the salt and pepper shakers, Hollis slumped lower in the booth as he reminisced about the good times he had with Nicolai. “You were always a little peculiar when it came to your food palette, Nicolai.” He chuckled low, addressing the vacant space across from him. Fifteen years after Nicolai’s passing, Hollis still had the man’s signature order memorized like the number to his old lan...
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The Girl in the Wych Elm (XIV) (III)

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  XIV. Dreams of Immortality Through a Dark Lens (III) The impending meeting with Lucia Lightwood had Angelo’s jitters going berserk. The woman was a snake, and Angelo knew it without needing concrete evidence to back his judgment. Good people didn’t exist among the High Families. Every last one of them was fucked up in some way, from Angelo’s view to say the least. But Lucia was the one person he disliked out of the others. She was always spewing “women’s empowerment” nonsense to her sister. Bogus words from the mouth of a bogus person. Angelo warned Maeve that climbing into bed with Lucia was a death sentence. He yelled the words in his sister’s ears until they made him hoarse. Lucia was an opportunist. The worst kind who was deceptive behind the scenes. One trait Angelo admired about Alexander and Ishmael: they backstabbed in your face and were honest about it. He and Maeve were no more pawns in Lucia’s game than they would have been in the hands of the other High Families. It w...
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