Sidney’s effectiveness aroused his attention. She captivated and instigated him at the same time. Not like Sue Richardson, Sidney’s tutor, who he didn’t find attractive. Only the mystery that cloaked her made him excited. That was why he hadn’t touched her when they had met at the hotel room. He had doped her with the drug he had put into her coffee, and he had undressed her, but he hadn’t touched her. He had let her imagine that she had been obliged to him; that way, he could blackmail her with that night at any time.
He looked at Sidney, the apprentice in a different way, like a hungry man. He wasn’t even interested about the secrets inside her. Her relationship with the Master seemed to be the only problem, but maybe … it might change in the future. After all, the Master didn’t want to
