Even though that price was scandalously high, Megan raised her right hand, and Bloom explained that meant yes. Dasha muttered something too low for the humans to hear, turned around, and went back into the inn. Bloom asked the ladies to dismount, telling them he would take the wagon around to the stable in the back and meet them inside. Jade and Megan took their field packs with them and walked slowly into the building, glad that the locks they’d brought to keep their gear safe from Furgato thievery would also protect it from a hostile landlord.
The building was dimly lit by twin chandeliers of many small candles, and after the bright sunshine they’d been in all afternoon, it took their eyes some time to grow accustomed to darker surroundings. The front of the inn was the public area, run
