As Old As Time

by Liz Braswell

They had no regard for the recent discovery that other planets had moons just like the one that smiled down at them.

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. NO DOGS, ITALIANS, OR CHARMANTES.

Rude.

“Every age has its darkness,” Lévi said quietly.

And no doubt British tourists would be thronging through on a weekly basis, begging to be taken to the romantic abandoned castle to paint pictures, smoke opium, and write terrible poetry about their experience.

The victims of kidnapping often wound up sympathizing with the perpetrator. It was a sickness, a very scientifically predictable one.

And yet, she did…

“Magic always comes back on itself,” Rosalind whispered. “And also kindness,” Maurice pointed out.

“If one were more religious-minded, one would think God had brought this down on you to punish you for your sins.”

full-on berserker mode,

“Foul son of a pig!”

I'm going to start using this one