Trickery

“So you’re saying one of the assassins ended up here?” Alexei asked, “Just eating stew and asking about me?”

Lyla nodded, “I think so, anyway.”

Alexei wasn’t happy about it, but at the very least it made sense.

The first duo of assassins had almost definitely been in contact with the Administrar and had no doubt told the man that they had tracked him down to the Trout’s Gills. After that the Administrar had no doubt told the new pair that piece of information.

What it meant was that the Trout’s Gills wasn’t really the safe haven that he had previously considered it to be, though really he didn’t have anywhere better to go.

It wasn’t like he was going to go running to the lion beastkin Christopher for safe harbour, that wouldn’t fly, he was an old man with a business to protect.

“You better not be thinking of leaving us and going off on your own,” Lyla said, almost as if she had been reading his mind.

“It’d be safer for the both of you,” Alexei said, “You’ve done so much for me
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