 | The elegant group of buildings, banded red brick and white portland stone, came into view as the vehicle delivering Leo and Rosalie pulled up on the Victoria Embankment along the north bank of the River Thames. Waiting for them in the anteroom was Harry Price, the solicitor that Erica Carlyle had procured to help them navigate the legal system in England as it was needed. Price had done much more than that, in his journey with them into the Naze, and had finally seen that though their story seemed strange at first, that there was more truth in it than he ever might have believed. Next to Harry stood another man. Lean of frame and deeply tanned, the man stood just under six feet tall, with dark hair and rugged features that were typical of the so-called “Black Irish”, though a closer look revealed tell-tale hints of another ethnicity. Close to his hairline, a jagged, indented scar marks his forehead. The solicitor promptly introduced the man as Dominic McNeil, an archaeologist that Erica Carlyle had hired to consult indefinitely on the particular project upon which they were engaged at present. They didn't linger long, and were lead into a conference room. On the way, they passed another room that had been commandeered for evidence, and saw many of the items they had seen in Gavigan's basement, along with a rather large mirror. In the conference room, Barrington sat talking quietly with a woman and another man. Even seated, the woman appeared tall and lanky, and dark-blond hair was cropped boyishly short. The man looked familiar, being one of the prisoners they had rescued from Gavigan's estate. |