Chapter Nine
Once Meikah was dressed in the grey trousers and shirt, her sword again at her side, she stepped into the hall. She carried the hooded mask with her, not wanting to put it on until she had to.
Kellan came out of a room further along the hallway. “Are you ready?” He walked towards her.
Seeing that Kellan has his mask on, she put on her own, tying it at the back of her head. “I didn’t think the shop was large enough for this amount of space upstairs.”
“It’s not. Our living space goes over the shop next door.”
“Oh.”
“Ready?”
“I guess.”
Reaching her, he took hold of her hand. “We’ll go out the front.”
She followed him down the stairs, waiting while he let Mace know they were going out to deal with the spirits.
Kellan stopped at the curtained doorway, facing her. “You nee
