A Study in Drowning

by Ava Reid

It was like Ianto had been talking to himself—or talking to something that couldn’t speak its reply. Something like a ghost.

“He’s about as patriotic a writer as you can imagine,” Preston said. “Openly nationalist. There’s a reason every Llyrian child has to learn ‘The Dreams of a Sleeping King.’ And the king is venerated because he slaughtered hundreds of Argantians.”