Zyfdnug quoted The Dazzle of Day by Kip Manley
Jo Maguire, knighted, continues her struggle with reality. Or in between reality and ... some …
“Jo Gallowglas,” he says, as she tucks it away in her jacket. “Jo Maguire. You are not what I would have chosen, but.” Looking her up and down, from her hood to her boots and back. “But you are, I think, what is needed.”
“I, ah,” says Jo. She nods. “Okay.”
Feels like we're getting to some climax. One a bit more climactic than the ones in each chapter. Or would the author dare* leading me to premature conclusions?
[* of course. Still, reading this paragraph right before a chapter break did cause some expectations. ]