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I nodded, in line with Aegeas' statement. "It does seem questionable to leave our only compass with someone who has a tendency to disappear unpredictably."

I nodded at James, understandingly, then turned the praise on to Tasha. "Now that is how you woo a man. 'Twas a feat not easily outdone, and certainly not easily ...

Siren had gone to help Maahes, James and Damascus dig the fire pit. She used her webbed fingers to scoop up handfuls of dirt with great zeal, faster and more ...

Thanks Stella, that's really useful! I should be able to write the scene now :D Any idea of roughly how much it might take for him to overdose? It's not ...

I'm writing about a character who dies from a laudanum overdose. I was able to get some information on side effects and how it kills you, Life-threatening overdose of opium ...

I nodded in turn. "Time, though it can be a cruel master, blesses in equal measure, if not more, when it comes to love. Ah, if only Edward and Schadel ...

"It's the closest we've got. I'm sure your knowledge will do us well, Maahes. I'm nothing special, just a chatty bloke with a knife. My outdoorsmanship is rusty. I'm decent ...

Hah. For most it would be unsafe to prod James so, but I was his brother, and there was nothing he could do about it. If I got on his ...

I could not help him. I could not save him. I could comfort him, maybe. If I could give him even that, only that, if I could give him something ...

I squinted at him, hard. "...The hell?" I hissed in bewilderment.

I was thrown across the room, the back of my head smacked into the bar, and I slumped onto the floor, rattled, and spent. The fight was over. Furious tears ...

I frowned scathingly at Engel. The gall of him, the absolute gall. But I did have a little to thank him for, the way he had leaned himself upon my ...

Oh, no, I was not letting him get away with this. I felt a little bad for shouting at him so close to Damascus, (I patted him on the back ...

I barked at Engel, tears trickling through the corners of my eyes. So enraged was I by his lack of respect, I forgot the contents of what he had said. ...

I was caught up laughing over James' impression of Edward, and by the time I had come to, he was gone, before our very eyes. Engel acknowledged it, and James ...