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LOWER QUINTON, WARWICKSHIRE, 2021 AD
Introspective reflection, a pastime Jake had taken to a new level over the past two years, filled the next two days. Home, and in particular, his armchair, served as an ideal location because it allowed him to meditate, uninterrupted. Worried that Liffi had exposed herself to the attention of an unsavoury element like Martin Szewronski, he needed a plan of action to keep her safe. Not to alarm her, he had held back the more disconcerting information he’d gleaned from his Whitehall contacts.
Szewronski postured as the ringleader of an unpleasant group of ultra-nationalists calling themselves Woden’s Brethren. Investigators had been unable to link them to various hate crimes since their inception. They’d covered their tracks well, but circumstanti
