“Did you know all along?” Rose asked Hortha. He shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
“Know what?” he said evasively
“About the Professor?”
“We had suspicions but there was little we could do; he cleverly kept in the background.”
“You could have told us more Monty,” Rose gently chided her friend.
“No, I couldn’t. It had to be kept secret; if the Prophecy had become public knowledge terrorist groups would have tried to get involved.
“Well the Professor’s dead now,” replied Rose firmly. He got what he deserved as they all did; now we have to concentrate on those still living. My father died here this afternoon and the b***h who killed him escaped.”
“She won’t survive the severity of her wounds,” Monty assured her.
“And the rest of them here?”
“Alfonse is talking fast about everything;
