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We stepped off the stairs leading from the kitchen into the hallway just in time to see a young maid bash a man over the head that was trying to run his blade through her. Damn, Renaldo’s men are stupid to be attacking their own people. I watched the man crumble to the floor, then she stepped up to him and kicked him in the face before she spit on him and fled down the stairs to the dungeon.
“I’m sensing some hostility there.” Troy said from behind me.
We turned and looked at him before we nodded and laughed. We continued our way down the hallway, curious as to where the rest of Renaldo’s people were.
Ivar grabbed me by the arm before we could take another step and thrust me behind him. I wasn’t very happy about it, giving him a scathing look behind his back but I guess he did need
