![]() His hand left my mouth, but within an instant, before my trembling lips could shape a sound, in the dim night I saw the glint of steel. As I stood gasping, his grip left my arm and snaked around me, clasping both arms forcibly to my sides, pressing my back against a surface that might as well have been a stone wall had I not known it to be his chest. Wide-eyed, staring into darkness, I couldn’t move. ![]() ![]() Very close to my ear a deep voice growled, “If you move or cry out, I will kill you.” Terror froze me. I started to scream, but a steely hand clamped over my mouth. I leapt forward to flee, but it was too late. Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication CHAPTER THE FIRST CHAPTER THE SECOND CHAPTER THE THIRD CHAPTER THE FOURTH CHAPTER THE FIFTH CHAPTER THE SIXTH CHAPTER THE SEVENTH CHAPTER THE EIGHTH CHAPTER THE NINTH CHAPTER THE TENTH CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER THE TWELFTH CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH LONDON, NOVEMBER, 1888 CIPHER SOLUTION “I HAD STOOD STILL A MOMENT TOO LONG.” Heavy footsteps sounded behind me. ![]()
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