The Collector of Dying Breaths

Chapter 40

THE PRESENT

Still reeling from the scenario she’d seen playing like a movie inside her mind, Jac blinked in the afternoon light. Weak-kneed, she struggled to stand.

There was more to understand. More she was meant to learn. She wasn’t alone here. But it wasn’t Robbie’s spirit guiding her. Not this time. It was René le Florentin’s. And she had to meet him in the shadow realm where he was waiting for her so he could show her the rest of his story. But how to force another memory lurch? She’d tried that several times and never managed. Maybe if she didn’t try but just continued to explore the ruin-doing what she had set out to do… maybe…