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street spread before her.
“This is the cul de sac,” she said. “Where I tracked you the other night.”
“Precisely,” said Lumen, pointing to the right as the door shut behind him. “And there you see the pub where my friends and I like to meet to discuss covert Dragon affairs.”
Neko turned to him. “I don’t understand. If this door was here all this time, why did you walk back to your flat along city streets? Wouldn’t you have been safer in the passageway hidden away from the likes of me?”
“Well, if you look closely you’ll see that there is no door,” he said. She turned to look at the place they’d just come from, but all she saw was the brick façade of a row house. “It’s there, of course. But hidden from eyes such as yours.”
“Another of your secret entrances,” she said.
“Yes. And of course I could have taken that route. But perhaps there was a part of me that wanted to be followed along those city streets by the likes of you.”
“So you knew I was there? That I was on your trail?” Of course you did.
Lumen smiled. “No, actually. Not at first. You were, shall we say, an unexpected surprise. But I don’t regret my decision to remain above ground and head to my human abode, not for a second.”
“I’m glad.” If he hadn’t chosen to stay within her sight lines, she might have lost him. And she may never have found him again.
Lumen opened the pub’s door, guiding Neko inside.
Like so many old London establishments, the place was warm and cozy, filled with loud-talking men who paid them little attention and guzzled beer as though it were going out of style. A long bar occupied one side, the rest of the place filled to the brim with tables and clients.Neko wandered in, warily glancing around before looking back towards her companion.
Lumen’s face lit up when he spotted the man he was looking for. “Good. Aegis brought someone with him,” he said.
Quietly he took Neko’s hand and directed her to the table where the two men were sitting. The electric touch of his fingers sent glorious jolts through her arm, but she reminded herself to focus on task at hand. Stop enjoying him so damned much, Neko. This is a business meeting.
“There you are,” said one of the two men, standing to greet them. Like Lumen he was large and handsome, though his colouring was different, his hair blond, skin more fair than Lumen’s. Neko smiled at him before taking note of the other man, who’d remained seated and silent.
“Is that…Minach?” she asked, leaning towards her companion. The resemblance was uncanny. His hair was black, though shorter than Minach’s, his eyes the same icy shade. But no—this couldn’t have been him. This man’s features were devoid of the hardness she’d seen that morning. She couldn’t quite imagine Minach looking so content, even at the best of times.
“No. This is Lyre,” said Lumen. “Minach’s twin—and yes, they are in fact blood brothers.”
Neko nodded his way. “Hello,” she said, and the man smiled at her, a warm, friendly grin. But he didn’t speak. Instead, he gestured to Aegis with his hands.
“Lyre wants me to tell you that he can’t hear a thing,” he said. “In case you didn’t know.”
“I didn’t. I’m sorry,” said Neko. “Is he…?”
“Deaf? As a very deaf fucking post.”
Lyre let out a laugh—apparently he could read lips—either that or he could read minds. It was so odd to see Minach’s doppelganger smile; Neko had never imagined that face with laugh lines.
She grinned, amused by the men’s good humour.
“I brought him with me because he’s involved in all of this,” said Aegis. “In the Gathering.”
“Oh?” began Lumen. “Interesting.”
When Lumen and Neko took their seats, the men leaned in and Aegis addressed them in hushed tones. “So, no one followed you?”
“No one,” Lumen replied.
“Good. I received word of what went on this morning. It’s time, I take it. You need
“This is the cul de sac,” she said. “Where I tracked you the other night.”
“Precisely,” said Lumen, pointing to the right as the door shut behind him. “And there you see the pub where my friends and I like to meet to discuss covert Dragon affairs.”
Neko turned to him. “I don’t understand. If this door was here all this time, why did you walk back to your flat along city streets? Wouldn’t you have been safer in the passageway hidden away from the likes of me?”
“Well, if you look closely you’ll see that there is no door,” he said. She turned to look at the place they’d just come from, but all she saw was the brick façade of a row house. “It’s there, of course. But hidden from eyes such as yours.”
“Another of your secret entrances,” she said.
“Yes. And of course I could have taken that route. But perhaps there was a part of me that wanted to be followed along those city streets by the likes of you.”
“So you knew I was there? That I was on your trail?” Of course you did.
Lumen smiled. “No, actually. Not at first. You were, shall we say, an unexpected surprise. But I don’t regret my decision to remain above ground and head to my human abode, not for a second.”
“I’m glad.” If he hadn’t chosen to stay within her sight lines, she might have lost him. And she may never have found him again.
Lumen opened the pub’s door, guiding Neko inside.
Like so many old London establishments, the place was warm and cozy, filled with loud-talking men who paid them little attention and guzzled beer as though it were going out of style. A long bar occupied one side, the rest of the place filled to the brim with tables and clients.Neko wandered in, warily glancing around before looking back towards her companion.
Lumen’s face lit up when he spotted the man he was looking for. “Good. Aegis brought someone with him,” he said.
Quietly he took Neko’s hand and directed her to the table where the two men were sitting. The electric touch of his fingers sent glorious jolts through her arm, but she reminded herself to focus on task at hand. Stop enjoying him so damned much, Neko. This is a business meeting.
“There you are,” said one of the two men, standing to greet them. Like Lumen he was large and handsome, though his colouring was different, his hair blond, skin more fair than Lumen’s. Neko smiled at him before taking note of the other man, who’d remained seated and silent.
“Is that…Minach?” she asked, leaning towards her companion. The resemblance was uncanny. His hair was black, though shorter than Minach’s, his eyes the same icy shade. But no—this couldn’t have been him. This man’s features were devoid of the hardness she’d seen that morning. She couldn’t quite imagine Minach looking so content, even at the best of times.
“No. This is Lyre,” said Lumen. “Minach’s twin—and yes, they are in fact blood brothers.”
Neko nodded his way. “Hello,” she said, and the man smiled at her, a warm, friendly grin. But he didn’t speak. Instead, he gestured to Aegis with his hands.
“Lyre wants me to tell you that he can’t hear a thing,” he said. “In case you didn’t know.”
“I didn’t. I’m sorry,” said Neko. “Is he…?”
“Deaf? As a very deaf fucking post.”
Lyre let out a laugh—apparently he could read lips—either that or he could read minds. It was so odd to see Minach’s doppelganger smile; Neko had never imagined that face with laugh lines.
She grinned, amused by the men’s good humour.
“I brought him with me because he’s involved in all of this,” said Aegis. “In the Gathering.”
“Oh?” began Lumen. “Interesting.”
When Lumen and Neko took their seats, the men leaned in and Aegis addressed them in hushed tones. “So, no one followed you?”
“No one,” Lumen replied.
“Good. I received word of what went on this morning. It’s time, I take it. You need
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