The late September morning was strangely cold, , as the last week had been, and a fine sheen of ice covered the front and back windscreens of the Mazda. Oriyanna placed the bag of weapons in the tiny boot, or trunk as she called it = much to Adam's annoyance, before climbing into the back seat. With the engine running the icy glass soon cleared and he bumped his way down the small unkempt road leading away from the pub and down the side of the abandoned mill, coming out opposite his grandparents' cottage. At the narrow junction, he took a left and went over the canal before taking another left down what appeared to be yet another non-descript British country lane. “Do you know the way?” Taulass asked. “Sure, it's no more than half an hour's drive, so we should start figuring out how we'

