A smile warmed her. She could picture it so easily.
*Tell him I’ll look to speak to him tonight. And thank you, bilappa, for your help.*
*I want answers, too. Pretending there’s nothing to look into is like denying the chained wizards exist. I know better, and so should they.*
Penrys took Vylkar’s hint and made sure the warehouse near the landing was on her circuit for the afternoon excursion. She presented the token they’d each received when they reserved the space and followed the attendant into the stone-floored building, his boot heels and hers audible once the outer door was closed to shut out the sound of the river, just two blocks away.
The large horse packs they’d brought with them from Stokemmi, both full and empty, rested partway along one wall on a wooden platform to keep th
