CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
Kate hadn’t thought that she would be able to see the blacksmith’s shop again, let alone rumble toward it with a cart filled with the swords and muskets of the enemies she’d defeated. That was what she was doing, though, because Lord Cranston had sent her with them for re-forging and for the steel to be used in armor plates. He’d also given her a pouch of coins: her share for fighting with the company. Kate had never been paid for working before. She’d always been indentured to be commanded, or an apprenticed there to learn.
Will had his own small pouch of coins. He rode on the wagon with her, looking happy at the bonus, and at having come through the battle unscathed. Kate could see enough of his thoughts to know that wasn’t the only reason for his excitement. He wa
