“I want your opinion.ʺʺThat,ʺ Adrian said, ʺis not something I hear a lot.ʺ”

“Watch it." he said at last. "I can make your life miserable." I gave him an icy…”

“I decided the Alchemists needed an entire department devoted to handling Adrian…”

“How?" I demanded. "How could you have screwed this one up?""When I got in, they…”