He was right. I smiled at Theo, lifted the tray for him to take a pint.
“Make any progress?” Theo said now. “Or did you and Polly simply sit on their laps all day?”
“Don’t,” I said, my smile wavering slightly. “You don’t get to say that to me.”
“Forgive me. I’ve been in a hole all day. My patience is a little spent.” He waited expectantly, and for a moment I was torn. Telling him everything and telling him nothing both felt like a betrayal.
“They met a man in Dorser who gave them guns,” I said quietly. “That’s all.”
“That’s all?” Theo queried. “And what of the person we were sent to find?”
“It’s not as though I can simply ask him where he’s hiding an Alchemist, Theo.” I laughed as though we were exchanging jokes. I hoped from this distance that Patrick couldn’t see the strain beneath
