Kiernan, the less you know, the better. You’re always telling me to just trust you and do what you’re asking, and I do— He snorts. When it suits you. Okay, but I do when it seems important. And this i...
Kiernan doesn’t answer. He just turns toward the door and walks out, limping. He bangs both the cabin door and the porch door on his way out. Pretty sad for someone who seems to think he’s being the a...
Connor follows Dad’s lead and steps forward to take Kiernan’s hand. I’m Connor Dunne. And you can call me Mr. Dunne. There’s a slight twinkle in Connor’s eye, so I think he’s joking. But whether he me...
Before you start what? He shakes his head. Not telling. You have to come and see. There’s a mischievous light in his eyes, and in that moment he looks so very much like his eight-year-old self, waitin...
Verse after verse follows, her voice rising to a crescendo and then falling, only to rise again with a new passage, each echoing the same refrain. I never realized how many verses of the Bible boil do...
Take that and go play. I don’t care if it takes a year. Get the boy out of your system and then get back here. We’ve got work to do. At the time, I thought Saul meant I needed to take some time to gro...
Miss Kate! Kiernan exclaimed, pointing. What happened to your toes? What? I glanced down, half expecting to see a leech or a cut or some other trauma, but there was nothing odd. What are you talking a...
Kiernan gives him a suspicious look. You performed at the Expo? Yes, Bess answers. Along with his brother, Dash. They headlined as The Brothers Houdini on the Midway Plaisance. Really? Kiernan shakes...
And with that, he began walking at a rapid clip toward the Sixtieth Street station. Several members of the crowd I’d just pushed my way through came over to help me up, and one rather gallant gentlema...
A few seconds later, I heard Katherine’s voice from below. Kate, you have a gentleman caller. I rolled my eyes. How is it that a grandmother from the twenty-fourth century sounds like she’s from a Cha...
Kiernan spins around nervously, eyes flicking between the door we just entered and one at the other end of the room. You forgot to mention the guards. , Pru!Why? You’ve got a gun. And Evie says your f...
I fake an annoyed look at his interruption. As I was saying, your ego doesn’t need to be inflated. But as I say the words, I realize that I don’t think they’re true. Every now and then I catch him wat...
Do you still have the tux you wore as Boudini? It’s in the loft at the cabin. Why? You’ll need it in order to pose as a server. Unless you’d rather be a male companion? No thanks. An evil little part...
Kiernan. I had a sudden memory of the small, scuffed-up shoe I’d seen just before I fell. He must have snatched the bracelet when the crowd gathered around me. If I managed to get out, I resolved to g...
But then he rolls his eyes and gives me a half smile. Fine. But if you must give me the Mark of the Beast, at least put it where I don’t have to see it constantly. Such as? If we want to be in keeping...
Not bad, he said. Chewy and sweet, too. They sell these in New York? I nodded, washing it down with lemonade. That wasn’t where Connor had bought it, but I was pretty sure they sold them in New York a...
Kiernan hoists one of the bags and slips the strap over my shoulder. I grab the other one, and soon I’m loaded like a pack mule, lugging two bulky military duffels in addition to my backpack.Trey lean...
I don’t know anything for certain. You and I could both explode in the next two seconds. Or the swimming pool over there could have a clone of the Loch Ness monster swimmin’ about on the bottom, ready...
An annoyed huff when he sees Trey suggests Max considers him an add-on rather than true Fifth Column. But he probably thinks the same about me. Too bad we can’t just step aside and let Max save the da...
Where's Kiernan? I asked. He's with Brother Cyrus. Your turn.The blood drained from my face and I stepped back, toward the wall. One of the older women, Glory, had died from a heart attack the year be...