Chapter Ten
‘I want to hire you,’ said Lady Glostrum, and smiled.
It was two days later. Serena and her entire team — even Iyamar, who had mostly recovered from her agonies — were assembled in Oliver Tullen’s office. They had been peremptorily summoned by note, and urged to make all due haste. That had alarmed Serena, just a little. Oliver was never in a hurry.
On reaching his office, however, she had swiftly discovered that it was not Oliver who wished to see them, but Lady Glostrum. Her ladyship and her husband were comfortably ensconced in Oliver’s better chairs, though neither of them looked especially relaxed. They were conferring together in hushed undertones as Serena’s team walked in, while Oliver watched the play of images on a portable bulletin board he possessed. Serena felt
