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The sun beat down as they stood at the main gate. They were in front of a tall wall surrounding the complex of warehouses. Storage facilities spread out in every direction. The warehouse area was the heart of commerce for the town, holding goods until they traveled north. Shouts and cries came from the other complexes as men loaded carts to carry stores to the harbor.
Proba carried a large iron ring with many large keys. Eboric and Kunimund hovered around her. Argolicus was sure Ebrimuth had given them special instructions. They might be bodyguards for Argolicus, but if Proba was there, she was part of their watchful concern. Nikolaos blinked in the sunlight as Proba knocked on the wooden door in the massive stone wall.
A slave opened the door. “Mistress! We were expecting you. I am
