g else between them.
And now he was gone.
The world was better off for Snow’s absence but Never didn’t know yet if he would be. Nor did he know how that could be true. How could he miss a madman so? Never sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, fingers snagging on blood-caked locks. But he wasn’t truly alone, such thinking wasn’t fair – Luis, Tsolde and Elina. Even Vantinio and dozens of others he’d met over the years; he still had a different kind of family.
So long as Cog or Andramir had not taken revenge for the death of their master – Never had no doubt they would somehow be aware of what happened. He fought the urge to pace; there was no room anyway. But a renewed sense of urgency had crept over him. How much longer?
When at last the stair deposited him at Snow’s doorway, he lea
