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How do you channel it? Max had opened the van door, and I passed her to him. His eyes were full of tears, and Karen was sobbing openly. Gabriel ended the call, flung the cell into the console, and sat staring at the blinking sign over Mollys. He owed Don an explanation. When hed come there the previous year, hed explained everything except the fact that he believed Salyer was the one who killed Colleen and that he was still alive. He’d also forgotten to mention his plans to lure Dakota Dale to Savannah and use her to flushout Salyer. All Don had asked from him was a promise not to let his vengeance get in the way of doing his job. He’d broken that promise. You’re a lowlife, Browne. You used your best friend and probably lured a young woman to her death. He jerked the car into gear, backed out amidst blaring horns, and headed to the police department. They said confession was good for the soul. He was about to find out if that was true. Shes Ariah. The day is only a little past noon, but the cars and vans that swish down Whitehaven High Street all have their headlights on, pitching great circles of lurid yellow onto the grubby shopfronts and the condensation-streaked windows of this tired, rain-lashed road. The Lake District starts a few miles inland, and the difference in atmosphere and affluence is remarkable. Rowan knows from checking on his phone that hes worryingly close to the nuclear power station: a big silhouette of oblongs, orbs and squares. A mile the other way, the crumbling clifftop drifts into the village of Seascale; all rusty goalposts and untended playing fields; a wind-pummeled swathe of muddy beach and guest houses closed for thewinter. Rowan likes the grit of the place – the heartfelt lack of pretension. West Cumbria has a sense of itself that always seems to raise a coal-grimed middle finger in the face of gentrification. Its always seemed a place much more at ease with the opening of a new kebab shop than with any Italian-themed coffee house, as if donner meat and garlic mayo is intrinsically more in keeping with the spirit of this down-at-heel West Cumbrian harbour town than a skinny macchiato with extra foam. But for all that he admires the spit-and-sawdust earthiness, his mood matches his clothes. Hes still soaked to the skin; shivering hard enough to make his teeth rattle. He managed to change into a cleanish black T-shirt and steer his arms through the sleeves of a baggy cardigan but he couldn’t face the rigmarole of stripping off his jeans, socks or boots. Damp material clings to his thighs, his calves, ankles, soles. His toes feel like chipolata sausages straight from the freezer. He’s taking comfort in the fact that he has left a perfect arse-print on the calfskin leather of Jo’s vintage Nissan Figaro. She’s told them she would be back in an hour, dropping them off in the car-park of the DIY store and giving firm instructions not to cause mischief. Rowan had saluted, earnestly, then turned the hand gesture into one more in keeping with his feelings as she drove away in a burst of spray. There was no alternative. Not anymore. And this was all she had seen. This was her future come to fruition. The end at last. Jeren stumbled and Ylandras surprise kick caught her knee, felling her in a heap of pain and humiliation. The risk was over. Only her sister remained in the house, and a younger sibling posed little threat compared to their parents. They both laid in bed, half-gazing at the ceiling, grinning wider than they ever did in real life, new smiles beneath their chins. Before they clinked glasses for a final time, Rowan had mentioned to Pickle that Violet had accepted hisfriend request, and that he was going to speak to her creative writing group the following evening. Pickle had asked that he pass on his regards and to tentatively enquire whether she would be willing to pick up some cargo from a friend of a friend if her pilgrimage happened to take her near Kandahar. Rowan, feeling warm and convivial, had prodded the screen of the mobile and painfully typed out a jaunty hello. Youre young to speak of death in such a way. Theres no honour in fighting without reason. Why do they want you dead? Max shook his head.Ill stay here and help Calvin. It cant be you. You went with them. You left me. Warm fur, damp with melted snow, brushed against him and Anala made a little whine deep in her throat. She licked his face, her breath washing over him, stirring him to a wakefulness that was not true wakefulness. How could it be? He knew she was dead. And yet she stood before him, her eyes studying him, her tongue lolling to one side, as if she grinned at him, as if she laughed. Shamanic healing takes between 90mins to 2 hours. That includes the consultation either side of it and dependent on the time it takes, it's between£45&£60 x Come back, Indarin whispered, his voice no more than a ripple on the breeze which held her aloft. I havent eaten, says Rowan. Would you get into trouble with any of your clients if I was to buy you a tea and a sticky bun? Dark and terrible laughter. Were they inside? Karen asked. But Jeren just advanced on her.Thats the second time Ive wounded you. Next time, Ill kill you. Theres more, isnt there? The eyes staring at him were clear but filled with pain. What else did she do?.