I give in to sin
Because I like to practise what I preach.
--Depeche Mode
Episode the First:
In which our intrepid hero is summoned to the far-off fortress of his
matriarch for a mysterious and clandestine funereal arrangement. And in
which people are, for some reason, surprised when a demon arrives to claim
a Touraine soul.
This is Neil's summary of the events transpiring in the year between Episode the First and Episode the Second.
And this is a missive which Onyx sends to his cousin soon after his return to court from 'that dreary old manse that could fall into the sea if it were given too firm a shake'.
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