CHAPTER 38
Cruikshank and Rory returned to the workshop as quick as they could, but the spider was too low on steam to continue on the rooftops for long. They finished their journey at street level, but luckily it was still too early for anyone to be out in the streets, and they made it back without any trouble.
Rory gave Longinus his alchemical notes. When she told him about the fire, he paled, and for a moment, she thought he might faint.
“My poisons,” he murmured. “My life’s work.”
“I’m sorry.”
Rory stood awkwardly, knowing there was nothing she could say. She thrust his childhood diaries at him without a word, and Longinus took them in silence.
“We’ll get her for that,” she murmured. “We’ll get Myran and make her pay.”
Longinus didn’t react. She wasn’t sure he had heard her.
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