Or those who just liked causing trouble.
The world shouldn’t be like this, and yet it was.
Sighing, she dressed in silence as she watched the steady rise and fall of his chest. The fact he would sleep so soundly with her told her just how much he did care.
He didn’t have to tell her. No one slept like that with someone they barely knew. Someone they didn’t trust. She’d have never done such.
Yet she trusted him.
He trusted her.
I will never betray you.
It was a promise she prayed she could keep. And with that in mind, she headed downstairs to see if any of the others were about.
To her surprise, the inn was empty except for the garrison of soldiers.
Rob sat in the middle of the room with a platter of food. A smile curved his lips as soon as he saw her. He motioned her to take a seat with him.
Normally, she’d have refused, but since she didn’t have anything else to occupy herself with, she accepted and did her best to ignore the curious stares from his men.
“Where is everyone?” she asked.
“Being trolls, I excused their normal clientele. They didn’t need to be here while my cousin recuperates.”
She hadn’t thought about that.
“Are you hungry?”
“Famished.”
He handed her a small plate. “Please… I have plenty to share.”
Grateful for his hospitality, she made a plate while looking about the mostly empty room. “Where’s Masakage, Ronan and Candara?”
“Haven’t seen them. They went their ways hours ago.”
Interesting.
Not knowing what to say to Rob, she ate quickly, then excused herself to return to Xaydin’s side. Honestly, she was afraid to leave him alone for long. Since they didn’t know where the imposter had gone, he could return and finish Xaydin off.
She still couldn’t believe he’d been able to do what he did.
Trust no one.
Even the vigilant could fall.
She’d just sat down on the bed when someone knocked.
“Come in.”
Ronan shouldered the door open. But instead of entering, he stood in the doorway. “How’s he doing?”
“Resting.”
“Good.” Ronan hesitated. “May I come in?”
“Sure.”
