Chapter 642
As she headed back, she ran into Brandle. Crap. I forgot he was out here.
"Hello." He waved as she drew close. "It's been quite a day. Or should I say, quite a week."
"The last eight months have been something." She stopped when he offered her a cigarette. She'd wasted the other, after all.
He stared into space. She wondered that Estrilda had affected him so deeply. He didn't know her, did he?
"No," Brandle said to her unspoken thought. "I didn't know she existed. Andrei and Annabelle guarded their secret well. I'm afraid my thoughts are on William and Angelica." He took a puff and blew a cloud of smoke. "I've known them a long time. They were members of Henry's coven. Poor Henry. That was the first time I had the chance to meet your lover."
Her lover? Did he mean- "Jorick?"