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Chapter 36: The Girl Is Missing

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The tea was a blend Magda had been saving for months.

Alistair Vane appreciated good tea. He also appreciated complaining about it. She'd learned that years ago, the first time he'd sat in her kitchen and informed her that the water was too hot. He'd been right, and she'd never made that mistake again.

"The leaves are good," he said, setting down his cup. "But you steeped it a moment too long."

Magda smiled. "You're impossible."

"I'm precise."

"Same thing."

He was impeccably dressed, as al
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