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The woman had no idea where they were. “Good,” he replied. The less she knew, the less she could tell anyone who came asking. If he was going to hang, he would rather it would be for something a little more glamorous than bodysnatching. Once his part in the proceedings was finished and he was...

Tsuruyama-jo rose up magnificently above the forest of Aomori. A pure white castle, built on a base of solid black granite, it was startlingly beautiful on the approach up the mountain road. Inside, it was much like any other provincial warlord’s castle. Ume, when she had first arrived, had been...

When it seemed she was unable to get onto the horse herself, Leyton swung himself up into the saddle in an easy, practised motion, and scooped her up in front of him – more to save her further embarrassment than anything. “We are in a most particular hurry,” he said to her by way of an apology...

The woman tensed beneath his hand, not daring to move. He could sense her fear. It wasn’t that he took pleasure from it, but more that it was a necessary evil. Fear kept her compliant, and therefore safe. He dragged her out of the road into the shadows of the buildings by the side of it. “I need...

Young John Jasper, thief and jailbreaker, loved by many for his flagrant disregard for law and propeity both, notorious for his boasting, admired for his skill, hung limply from the rope. Only small pools of light from the oil-lamps illuminated Tyburn on this dark and cloudy night. The moon...