He backed against the wall, face dotted with sweat, eyes downcast. She did other things to him too, to keep him afraid.”
“But the trunk, and the weights?”
“She was always stronger than she looked,” said Phillip. XXNX Just like you always wanted, right?”
He hefted the gun. When she tugged, his body obeyed, against his will, and she giggled, voice thick with perverse amusement. “What about the Phan—what about Penelope?” Amelia said after a while. True, they were vivid dreams, but so what? You didn’t see him, he was —”
“Wait here,” said Phillip. But even that’s okay. She was blanched and soaked with sweat, her clothes torn and her arms bruised. “Thank you,” said Phillip. “This is a letter I received the other day, purportedly from the Phantom.”
The captain snatched the letter out of Phillip’s hand and began to read it.
