Everyone was very carefully around the river because of the river snakes. XXX The only real job I could find was as a bar breaker. I went back up to the room and carried the other chest down. One of the women had asked the guards if they were safe from this thief and the guard had snorted. As the day wore on even more people appeared to be fed. I looked at the bed and he snorted, “You know she has always slept soundly.”
I crossed to the other chair and sat beside him, “You saw me.”
He chuckled, “I would have had to be blind not to.”
I hesitated, “Have you told my brother?”
He snorted again, “As if he would even consent to see me.”
I looked at him, “what are you going to do?”
The duke
