Barnabas’s POV "Get inside the car before the local patrol counts the minutes we have been idling by this kerb," Portia shouted. I did not move from the shadow of the structural awning. The cold rain came down in hard, straight sheets, splashing off the black tarmac and soaking through the fabric of my leather shoes. I tried to strike my silver lighter, but my thumb kept slipping against the damp metal wheel. The small flame died instantly. I tossed the useless piece of metal onto the wet concrete path and stared through the tinted passenger window of the sedan. Portia leaned across the front seat, her hand slamming against the passenger door lock to pop the plastic tab. Her face looked completely distorted behind the glass, her eyes wide with a frantic, pulsing energy that made my stomach turn. "I am not going back to the drawing room, Portia," I said, stepping closer to the car frame. "The drawing room is empty anyway," she hissed, her voice rising over the steady drum of the do
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