Val let one of her hidden blades appear in her hand and she pressed him into a corner, “I have done worse for less. Don’t test me on this. I don’t want to see that man, nor catch wind that his people are looking for me. He disowned me and my mother once, I am not about to give him a second chance.”
Reginald gulped and nodded. Val realized belatedly that holding a knife on someone inside a courthouse after just getting off for four murder accusations was likely not helping the public opinion of her.
Before Reginald could say more, she slipped out the front doors to find none other than Desmond waiting for her next to a carriage.
“Figured you might need a ride, and possibly a change of clothes.” He held out a dress, but then tossed it inside the carriage instead. “You need a bath first. The dress will have to wait. Come on, the inn is not far.”
As the sun set that evening, Val made her way down to the common r
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