Jem Flockhart 01 - Beloved Poison by E. S. Thomson

Author:E. S. Thomson [Thomson, E. S.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781472122285
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2016-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

We lay there for a moment, side by side on the greasy refuse-strewn paving slabs beside the canal. I could taste blood from where I had bitten my own tongue. My arm felt as though it had been almost torn from its roots, my knuckles were bloody where I had grazed them, and my coat was smeared all over with black slime. Will’s arms were around me, his grip still tight as though he feared I might slip out of it. I could hear his heart racing, thudding wildly against his ribs in counterpoint to my own. But we were in no place to linger. We had run deep into the rookeries and I hoped we could find our way back out again. Without a word to one another, we got to our feet and began to retrace our steps. To the left, I heard a low whistle. Up ahead, another answered. I looked back. The two men and the hideous dog had walked along the canal and were making their way across the lock-gates at its head. They would soon be upon us, and from the sound of it there were others just like them lurking all around.

‘Keep walking,’ I hissed.

‘Look!’ Will bent down. He plucked something from the thick layer of slimy refuse that covered the ground, and held it up.

‘What is it?’ I said. ‘Did he drop it? The man we were following?’

‘He must have,’ said Will. ‘It’s clearly been on the ground for only a moment.’

‘What is it?’ I said again. I could not make it out. ‘Let me see.’

Will didn’t answer. He looked at me strangely, and then held out his hand. On his palm was a small piece of lump sugar.

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