Carolina said nothing, neither agreeing or disagreeing with York as he talked. He couldn't meet her eyes and she couldn't look away. Eventually, however, she had to say something. "At least you pushed." Too little? Too late? That's hard to say here and now.

"Better that than do nothing." Nothing but watch how the cards fall and who else might get caught out as they tumbled.

"Maybe," she said evenly. "I don't know either way." And if she cared, she wasn't prepared to admit that, not even to herself.