Chapter 28
Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 27
Arthur wouldn’t have thought so, but the idea of having Art here to help them out makes him feel like everything is a bit easier, like he can relax more, like he can drop his feet back to the floor. “Thank you! That’s a big help already.”
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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 26
Too bad. There goes her theory of the aberration and mage working together on a very fine set of familiars that just so happen to have a blood relation to a died-out noble family. At least Harker just betrayed that it must be him with the sticking himself places he doesn’t belong, because he is preening, so clearly, somebody took the bait on ‘very fine set’.
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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 25
When next it is the library, not a salon or sitting room, they convene in, Mariam isn’t sure how that puzzle piece fits into the not-quite-emerging picture, but then, what she can tell is that Mr Lancaster is the indulged runt of this ‘litter’. Where he hardly said a line at at all when they were meeting last in Hartlepool, now he is the one asking most questions. That has rather elicited some fond looks from the others. He is the official scholar of the barony, but he appears to be going at any data gathering with the ardour of a scientist and the curiosity of a child. She can respect that. Worse, she can relate to it and rather enjoys it. Oh very well, she can play.
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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 24
Good, the train is on time. Mariam will be on the minute for brunch. Nothing strange for noble ladies to visit each other for brunch. Well, tea would have been more proper, but that’s too late in the day. Gives that household too much time to prepare, and how is she to spot the cracks and strategic tidbits like that? No, she needs more to work with, and inviting herself over should set these strange people ablaze. She will have the upper hand despite walking into the lion’s den.
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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 23
Maybe there’s another opening for Quincy, because this is bugging him. The signs of a lonely child growing up with somebody who isn’t as nice as they thought are so obvious on Arthur. It would be so easy now to just blame everything on the demon, and not learn and thereby grow from what happened before a demon was involved.
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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 22
Her voice is too weak, she can’t call for Dandelion, but she knows where their tiniest puppy hid. Darcy is so grateful that Quincy can still hear her, can let John know. John would be so worried for their puppies if he couldn’t find all of them. But it was the best Darcy could do to keep them safe, let them out so they could run. She knows there was nothing accidental about Gregory pulling the rat cage down. That cage is taller than she is. It’s heavy. No, he did that to provoke her, punish her. She couldn’t let him hurt any more of her friends!
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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 21
John’s glad for not being the type of person who’s groggy when waking up. Might be his dream power, but he’s perfectly capable of thinking like he got switched on. Or, maybe, his mind just never fully sleeps, he just switches from where he is.
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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 20
Whoops, that took longer than he thought it would, his gums hurt a bit from the absentminded brushing he kept doing. Well, just means the dracs should really be about done.
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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 19
Ah, it’s been too long! Quincy looks up at the familiar castle as he rides along the driveway. It’s good to come home, well, home base. He can’t wait to have Cycy give him all the attention he deserves and see Blondie glare at him for it. He’ll make up for that when he listens in to the latest way Blondie is managing that useless art patron of Quincy’s. Well, useless apart from being a good front.
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Previously: Obsidian: Crystal Heart – Chapter 18
The motion of Quincy’s hand draws Arthur’s eyes back to him and Darcy, and he quickly yanks them away again, feels the burn of the blush in his cheeks and the tips of his ears.
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