Cass dropped the lace edge of the bedroom curtain as if it burned her. "Right on cue."

"Whot?"

"Devorlane flaming Hawley. Here already. I knew he wasn't going to let this go."

"Yer are jokin'," Ruby thundered across the wooden floorboards. "Show me."

"There." Cass slipped closer to the mullioned window in order to stare down. The tangled shrubbery, the scene of last night's unfortunate debacle, glared back. It wasn't alone. The morning was overcast, ...