She closed her eyes. Remembered a night in the desert, the wind howling, using the Southern Cross to navigate because this very compass had been demagnetized by a lightning strike two days prior.
Behind her, Barnaby Finch was still laughing. For the first time in twenty years of hosting BBC Surprise , he hadn’t surprised the guest. bbcsurprise i love a good challenge juniper hot
A signal mirror. She angled it, caught a studio light, and flashed it into Barnaby’s eyes. He flinched. “The real one has a crack in the lower left corner. I dropped it on volcanic rock. You can see the crack if you hold it to the light. Real.” She closed her eyes