It was only a torn piece of paper—until Phoebe turned it over.
A piece of watercolor paper wasn’t something Phoebe would have expected Mr. Coulton-Jones to carry with him when meeting someone about a horse. But after what happened today, she began to suspect that there was much about him that was unexpected. Perhaps the smooth facade he showed to the rest of the world was far more fake than she had realized.
She flipped the piece over.
A circular symbol had been drawn on the paper, but the majority of it was missing because of the torn edge. The symbol had two long narrow leaves radiating from the center, and the stalks of two flowers in between the leaves.
She gasped and nearly dropped the paper. She recognized this symbol. Or rather, it triggered a hazy memory from her childhood. She had seen the symbol carved into wood somewhere, but she couldn’t remember where or when. She remembered the smell of dust and maybe a bit of dirt and mold.
She also knew that the symbol was circular, and originally of five leaves and five stalks of flowers between the leaves, even though there were only two on this partial symbol, which proved that her memory was not faulty.
Where had she seen this symbol before?
And why had Mr. Coulton-Jones had it in his possession?
—from Lady Wynwood’s Spies, Volume 1: Archer
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