Chapter 1The only things I ever believed in, before this particular job with the Mountain Man, were wealth and women.
These were the only things that, without being a woman myself and without ever possessing any wealth myself, I still found enough evidence to convince me that they were true and real. They were even worth obtaining if I ever wanted to put in an effort to do so. But since I generally preferred the company of men, and since I never liked the way wealth made people stick to one place for longer than was smart, I didn’t put in an effort for either—until a priest of the old gods came into the inn where I was drinking and trying to barter for a room.
That night changed everything.
At first, I didn’t think much of the small man in a black suit that didn’t fit him. His brown hai
