TRADING MY CHEATING HUSBAND FOR THE LYCAN KING
says the old man at the back, without breaking the rhythm of his pestle, and then, in the exact same gentle voice, to us: "Don't touch anything or I'll have to hurt you."
"He will," the woman says fondly, turning a page. "He's frightfully strong for his age. Show them, dove."
The old man flexes one arm without looking up. It is not, by any measure, impressive. They both regard it like it personally holds up the sky.
"Magnificent," the woman murmurs.
"I do my best for you," he says.
Beside me, Queenie has gone very still, the way you go still watching something you can't quite categorise, and I know exactly how she feels, because I cannot tell if I've walked into a den of murderers or a fifty