Todd wasn’t sure what he hated more, the fact that he and Nick were once again being forced into a job requiring them to work in a way they wouldn’t normally, or the location of that job and the fact that once again it looked like they’d be facing off with a pyrahni, or possibly several of them.
They’d been at the train depot near the Chancellor’s Estate for over an hour and were waiting for their horses to be unloaded. Nick’s new habit of pacing was starting to drive Todd nuts. Nick was a bundle of energy on any given day, and when he was anxious he definitely needed some physical activity to blow off steam. Todd simply wished Nick would find another way besides striding back and forth in a few feet of space as close to Todd as he’d tolerate. Todd clamped his mouth shut to keep from tell
