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In a game of chess there’s a moment when your opponent realises you’ve decoded the strategy they were employing. They see it in a flicker, a half-smile or the most obvious giveaway of all, a side glance to the middle distance. The opponent feels something close to annoyance, as if they didn’t want to waste their superior plan B on you and continue dismantling your defence, pawn, rook, and king. Cerberus saw Tom glance to one side and decided to call check.
“Mr Stiles, your next question to me will be how do I know you have a brother when you only just found out yourself. You will whine like a little child about it not being in the papers, etc. while your i***t friend Mr Henderson sits listening.
“This is becoming tiresome. Did you not graduate from Duntroon with the Queen’s Medal? Di
