Chapter 21
The next morning, after a meeting with Lindsay to arrange a series of executive duties for LeBlanc Pharmaceuticals, Ciaran drove Madeline, Tadgh, and Jo to the villa outside London. They went to the villa to retrieve the disk as she had promised her grandfather.
Madeline glanced at the sky—it was as overcast as her mood. The closer it was to the time that Ciaran had to take up his duty with Eudaiz, the shorter the time she had with him. She didn’t want to resent fate, but there wasn’t much else she could do.
"Madeline!" Ciaran called out.
"Huh?"
"Is that the villa?"
Madeline looked to where Ciaran was pointing. The villa looked the same, surrounded by a fence of trees. "Yes," she said.
Ciaran parked at a distance from the front gate.
"It looks deserted," he said.
"Don't
