You would like a ride, yes?”We stopped at the top of the stairs that led down into the tube station. Next to us, blithely parked in a tow-away zone, a man sat smiling at us from the confines of a black taxi.I wasn’t surprised to see him any more than I was to see he’d acquired a new taxi. “Hi, Rene. We’re only a couple of blocks from our new home, but sure, a ride would be nice. And maybe if you have the time, you can come in and say hi to Drake and his men.”Nora greeted Rene and happily climbed into the taxi after Jim.“It would be my pleasure, but is that not one of Drake’s men there? Perhaps he would like to join you?” Rene nodded toward the doorway of a small art gallery.I turned to look. I didn’t see Pal or Istvan. “One of Drake’s men?”“I cannot be certain, not having met all of them, but I did see a dragon slip into the gallery. I assumed he was watching you.”“Dammit, Drake agreed to trust me.... I’ll be right back. Just let me go tell whichever of them it is that the jig’s up, and we’ll go home.”
