![]() ![]() So Pikey and Bartholomew follow, collecting information, piecing together clues, searching for the doorway that will lead them to Hettie. The faeries - save for a mysterious sylph and a mischievous cobble faery or two - have been chased out of London. And Pikey is not above bartering-Pikey will do almost anything to escape his past he'll do almost anything for a life worth living. Worth something to the nobleman who protects him. Worth something to Hettie's brother - a brave adventurer named Bartholomew Kettle. Pikey's vision, it turns out, is worth something. She's pale and small, and she has branches growing out of her head. Instead, she's walking through the trees and snow of the enchanted Old Country or, later, racing through an opulent hall. Not in the cold, muddy London neighborhood where Pikey lives. ![]() ![]() Pikey Thomas doesn't know how or why he can see the changeling girl. Oh, the Sly King, the Sly King, in his towers of ash and wind. ![]()
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