Chapter 39
‘What would you like to know?’ Dallmin asked, biting at each word. His dark eyes looked haunted and for the first time I was able to believe that he really was over a hundred years old. The childlike wonder had all but gone from them. It left a chasm that might never be filled again.
Instead of answering straight away, Sergeant Loxwood stepped out through the broken door to see who else might have noticed the commotion. Luckily the weather was terrible and therefore it was quiet, even for Bendigo. He came in and tried to close the door again, but it was a lost cause. The whole frame would have to be replaced.
‘Perhaps we should move into the bedroom,’ he said. ‘I get the feeling this conversation is going to be one that none of us wants overheard.’
Bane picked me up like I w
