Chapter Twenty-Three
“I need to see my work crew.” Nola smiled sweetly at the Outer Guard who blocked the stairs to the barracks. “The ones who are in the cells in the back. It’s my fault. I handed one of them a few seeds and asked her to keep them in her pocket while we worked. But I forgot to get them back, and now my mom, Lenora Kent, well, she’s running inventory, and I really need to get those seeds back before she murders me.”
The guard looked to his companion.
“I know I shouldn’t have forgotten something so important, but with everything from last night…” Nola let her voice trail away for a moment, feeling foolishly dramatic. “I guess I’m just not thinking so well today.”
“Fine,” the guard finally said after a stiff nod from his partner, “but please don’t tell anyone we let you
