CHAPTER 3
“I didn’t think you even saw it! And how could you set Munraz on his trail? He’ll stand out like a rooster in a flock of geese.”
Penrys paced the common room of their suite at the guild hall, tracing a path between the backs of the chairs and the open window. Najud and Vylkar twisted their necks to follow her from their seats, and the leather creaked as their bodies moved.
Najud raised a hand to slow her down. “What did you think, you could just pry it out of him? In civilized Stokemmi?”
He glanced over at Vylkar for assistance. “He was a wizard himself, yes?”
Vylkar nodded. “He would have to be, to demonstrate his wares.”
“He wore blue robes,” Najud said.
“Anyone can wear the robes,” Penrys said as she changed direction again. “People have been known to bluff. But Vylkar’
