We’ve been putting it off, but we need to resupply.”
Alexis and Sophia looked at their bowls, then at the two rabbit-eared children waiting behind them. “This man refuses to leave, and he’s not the only one,” the courtesan said. “Even now, he is still so beloved that you’re working with the Wandering Spirit to help Seraph regain his powers while I was recovering from him trying to kill me. “As Noah would say, they’d be glad I was expanding my horizons and meeting new people.”
Later that morning, Alexis, Holmes, and a few volunteers disembarked from the Knight’s Sheath with an empty wagon. You can threaten to resign all you want, maybe even go through with it, but you’re still a slave to silly morals. “Tarnas is gone,” said Aithorn, standing in the doorway. “Is that really the last of it?” Alexis asked. If and when things go wrong, signal me through the harkonen gem, and I’ll step in.”
Lucius then entered Cyrilo’s study. If not for Tarnas, Aithorn, and Elyot, everyone inside would have been rounded up and thrown in the dungeon. He slashed Noah with his sword, succeeding only in damaging the floor.
