Niall didn't intend to drag it out any longer than necessary. He'd gathered a good sense of Gabriel already. This wasn't the sort of boy to go scampering to the authorities like a rat. Which wasn't to say that Niall found Gabriel particularly loyal, either. But he was the negotiating type, the type to blackmail rather than tattle. Niall could work with that, if it came to it.

Down to the secrets, then. He wet his lips with a sip of whiskey. "That mate of mine tells me you're sympathetic to the Republican cause. All sorts of fancy words about freedom and what. Now we're all wondering if you're interested in a patron. All that you've been doing for free, but more of it, with steady pay and regular calls from yours truly, if you can stand to see this mug every couple weeks."