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Lightner was on the wagon when Paix rode to the station. Though the other Trainees chattered along, the young man seemed subdued, withdrawn.
Paix yawned, amused. He must really not like mornings. This life would cure Lightner of that very quickly.
Where could David and Herbert Bryce have gone? If they were dead, why hadn't anyone found the bodies? If they weren't dead, who was keeping them, and why?
He'd heard nothing from the Cathedral one way or the other. He really didn't want to return there, but it'd been almost a month now with no word.
Sheinwold claimed he went to all the brothels in the Pot, and no one knew anything. Paix wished he would have asked Sheinwold about it when he had the chance.
Where was Sheinwold, anyway? He'd said someone was trying to kill him. Had they suc
