Autumn 1095 SR
Charlaine dipped the brush back into the bucket of water. The dining hall floor was proving resistant to her efforts, the stains simply spreading with each new stroke.
Footsteps echoed towards her, and when she looked up, Sister Erika loomed over her. “Captain Nina wants to see you.”
“Right now?” Charlaine replied. “I’m in the middle of washing the floor.”
“That can wait, you’re wanted in her office right now. The others are waiting.”
“Others? What others?”
“Your fellow miscreants, Cordelia and Danica. Come along, it’s not good to keep the captain waiting.”
Charlaine tossed the brush into the bucket and stood, instinctively smoothing her cassock.
Sister Erika led the way, marching with all the solemnity of a funeral. When they reached the door, Charlaine halted. “Wha
