He should be here with me.
But even as I think it, I know that Cillian would never have stepped foot back in this country. It wasn’t a refutation of the land itself.
It was a refutation of the family that exiled him from it.
I bite back the anger for my best friend’s sake and unclench my fists. This is not the time for doubts. It’s not the time for old grudges, either.
I didn’t bother with booking myself into a hotel ahead of time. For all I know, I’ll be dead by nightfall.
Besides, my purpose is clear. Things must be done in their proper order.
I take a cab from the airport and drive out about an hour from the main city to an address that I’ve picked out from one of my old portfolios.
I feel strangely naked. Since I’d taken a commercial flight out here, I couldn’t travel with the u
