When you visit our website, if you give your consent, we will use cookies to allow us to collect data for aggregated statistics to improve our service and remember your choice for future visits. Cookie Policy & Privacy Policy
Dear Reader, we use the permissions associated with cookies to keep our website running smoothly and to provide you with personalized content that better meets your needs and ensure the best reading experience. At any time, you can change your permissions for the cookie settings below.
If you would like to learn more about our Cookie, you can click on Privacy Policy.
3 ‘Ves,’ snapped Val the following morning, ten o’clock sharp, somewhere in the midst of the city of York. ‘Calm down. They aren’t going to be there.’ ‘They might be,’ I protested. ‘Well, maybe not all of them. One of them? It could happen.’ ‘The Elvyngs have more important things to do than hover about in The Shambles signing autographs.’ ‘Hovering,’ I beamed. ‘Literally.’ ‘No.’ ‘I don’t want an autograph. I just want to…’ I paused. ‘I don’t even know.’ ‘Gush about how amazing they are, knowing you.’ ‘You think me absurd. I knew it.’ ‘Ves, everyone thinks you’re absurd.’ ‘Except Alban. He thinks I’m impressive.’ I wanted to add Jay’s name to the (incredibly short) list; he’d shown signs of looking up to me when he’d first arrived. But I had pretty much put paid to that by now. N