“Wait here,” Tyler said softly as they arrived at the Casino. There was only one Casino in Karsia.
“Boss –”
“Wait for me, Tally,” Tyler replied sternly, pulling up the hood of his cloak and placing a horizontal half mask on his face.
Tyler was dressed in fitted slacks, dress shoes, and a long-sleeved cotton shirt with puffed sleeves. His cloak was trimmed with gold tufts and held together at his throat by a dark ruby gem the size of a small child’s fist – his protection gem – one of rare properties and extremely high value.
Putting the cloak up, he had said a spell in his mind that fixed the cloth on his head and cast a shadow on his face, leaving only from his lips to his chin visible.
Even if he ran or jumped into a river, the hood would stay up, the mask would remain on.
His pants
