Chapter Ten
It had taken Cas a few hours to hide all his black mercury. He’d divided the stuff up and stashed it all over the city, taking every precaution he could think of to avoid being followed while he did it. He’d felt ridiculous. Few people yet knew the source of the autogyro’s sudden boost in power, so how could he be under observation over it? No one was after him. No one was trying to take it from him. It was all in his head, mere paranoia.
But he’d done it anyway, and felt better for it. The peculiar stuff was safe, and out of his hands until he worked out what to do with it.
But then came the business at Lukas’s house, and Quintus Mielke’s warning. Together, these two circumstances confirmed all his worst fears; and yet, he hadn’t felt vindicated. On the contrary, he’d been
