ered violently, lowering her eyes as he went on, Knowing, even should you choose to prey on The truth of them was a dazzling, vitriolic light that she could not bear. But Karl drew her outwards and upwards and she found herself staring up at a sky transformed into a complexity of interlocking landscapes. She must have seen Karl attack Edward, yet she was behaving as if it hadn't happened—or as if she couldn't accept it.
Charli, will you stop this? said David. Surely it was impossible to go on loving him after what she had seen, after what he had told her about himself, yet she could not stop. Very softly, she called, Karl? He did not react at first. Ilona tipped her head a little to one side, curled one hand around Charlotte's head.
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