Henry lifted the lace veil to behold his new bride; glass eyes stared back from a painted porcelain face.
“And by the way – you’ll need this.” Ratter proffered a long brass key.
“But . . . you promised me the perfect wife!”
“So I did.” The broker’s grin revealed jagged, rotting teeth. “But you get what you pay for.”
Liz Powell.
Like Clockwork is a post from: Aztec Books
Published on August 08, 2012 08:53