Daryaku said. The short man in silk robes with overlong sleeves kept his head down and hands hidden. Vish had learned how to read people in the last few years, sitting in the corner of Daryaku’s mind, looking out at the world. Yoshiaku’s son hid the Sunstone, during his re...
How could her idea turn out any worse? Men were scattered all over the northern edge of Happly. With Workman’s rangers performing as messengers and troubleshooters, the second day’s travel became a bit more coherent and the third day on the road, a relieved Restella could finally worry about stra...
Others had fled and the duke had let Sallia tour the city below with a few guards. She enjoyed the late summer heat and strolling among the city dwellers. She currently sat on a chair on her balcony overlooking the city, reading from another book in the duke’s study. A rap...
It seemed that the woman had brought along plenty of money when she left her father’s prefecture five years previous. They took Shiuki’s three horses and left town that night after Chika, in the cook’s guise arranged with the mayor to close the inn down, but not do anythin...