May 9th, 1888 - Black's

August was sat at Black's in what could best be described as the corner. His good leg jittered up and down. He came here to avoid his sister - who, yes, was probably breaking into his house as he sat here - after sending Lysander and the nanny to visit his mother in the country. He brought a case file to Black's but it remained unopened. All he could think about was that newspaper headline, that dangerous opener.

Charlotte Potter Returns from the Dead.

Before this, he started to think that she left again, or that she was not going to reveal herself. But she had. Oh, she had - and now all he could think of was her eyes staring up at him from the paper. How was she going to make this work? Had the Potter widow found out? Would she send him a letter again?

Their son had her eyes. Oh, he had her pale skin and sharper canines, but he had her eyes. August was still lost in thought when, finally, it happened:

"Weren't you engaged to her?"

August's eyes slid to attention, moving from the wall to the man speaking to him. He flashed a smile at him. "Before she died."

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