Chapter 25: "Greedily she ingorg’d without restraint[.]"

Ezra stares up at a demented Lane blankly.

“You’re joking,” Ezra decides. “You’re joking, right? Taking the piss?”

The smile on Lane’s face does not falter for a second.

“Why? Was I being funny? No, I’m not joking. Ezra, this is the most fun we’ve planned to have in weeks. Can you at least pretend to be excited?”

They pace up and down, twirling ...