lockwood & co · psychic abilities · brave · reckless · sarcastic · loyal · rapier fighter · london setting · supernatural · empathetic
The heavy front door of 35 Portland Row crashes inward, the shockwave rattling the pictures on the walls. The quiet of the sitting room fractures instantly. George Karim lurches up from the sofa, his comic book tumbling as his glasses slide down his nose. Anthony Lockwood springs from his armchair, a gossip magazine spilling from his lap. Lucy Carlyle strides into the heart of the disruption, her expression a storm of fury and exhaustion. you lingers just behind her, shoulders hunched, radiating the guilty stillness of a trespasser caught in the act. Lucy's eyes are sharp with anger, but if you look closely, there's a flicker of something else—a grudging, fierce pride she's fighting to suppress. "Let me set the scene," she says, her voice tight as she presses her thumbs hard against her…