May 14th, 1888 - Lupin House

There was something about Lyra's interview that rubbed him the wrong way.

Maybe it was her list of stated goals; trust-building with vampires and wizards, while she was lying to the paper. But he understood why she was lying. So maybe it was the claim that she had never come back to Britain before now; the impending sense of doom he had, that someone was going to figure it out. But it was not as if Lysander was under any more risk now than he had been before. So maybe, instead, it was her eyes staring up at him from the paper, the fact that he still wanted to see her, and the letters he kept starting without sending.

So before Elsbeth could come break into his house, August decided to come to hers. He had a copy of the article on Lyra. It was wrapped around an unopened bottle of wine. The thing with buying his sister's house was that August had kept a key, and so rather than knock on the door and wait, he let himself in and was sitting in the parlor when she stormed by - presumably to go harass him.

"Elsbeth," August called.  

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