Temptations of Mistakes

There had been many times like that, before Coldridge, before the Empress' murder, before the plague, before a lot of things, after Lady Emily's birth, rendezvous, encounters, whatever the word, same meaning, same mistakes, but only in hindsight, always in hindsight. And now, again, after Coldridge, after everything, exactly when they should be the most distant, the most bitter, the most hostile, again on a roof, in the dead of night, and already the thrum under Daud's skin, the push to do, to take hold, to yield, to be closer, strong and overwhelming but avoidable still.Weeks after being broken out of Coldridge, Daud finds himself face to face with the reason he was framed for the Empress' murder. The same mistakes of the past are still siren songs in his mind.