Finally Her Turn

Chapter 56: Marissa

It was strange for Elder Benjamin to send John off on a bogus errand just so he could get me alone, but I guess I was kind of expecting it. John warned me ahead of time, and thank the Goddess for that. Otherwise, I’d have been an anxious wreck, and it could have gone very badly.

I don’t know if Elder Benjamin is aware of how intimidating he can be and does it on purpose, or if that’s just an unintentional side effect of being so massive and having a booming baritone voice that oozes power and authority, but he’s one of the people with an innate talent for making me nervous and putting me off-balance. He seems nice enough, but interactions with him are always weird.

Of course, this time he was just probing for my interest in his Elite warriors. No official offer was made, but he was defin