"Perhaps it does," Rosie says. She's been fortunate on that count; maybe more fortunate than she knows. Despite all the disappearances that happen here in the city, the only one that had struck close enough to hurt had been Daine, who'd returned after only a matter of months, her knowledge of the friends she'd left behind still mostly intact, if foggy at the start. And at home...

Well, at home it might have been Rosie who'd vanished without a trace, after what had happened in Lytten's cellar. It might be that she'll never know for sure.

"That might just make it mean more, though. When you find someone new to care about."