CHAPTER 5
MIRIAMA grand adventure this was not.
The day started early, but Perrigaul did not seem terribly motivated to do anything. Miriam packed lightly, as per his instructions, and was up at dawn with a steaming cup of coffee and ready to adventure.
Perrigaul slept in.
When he did eventually decide to get the show on the road, they immediately stopped at the market in town to pick up supplies, theory. As far as Miriam could tell, the point of their shopping expedition was to be seen leaving town.
Mostly it was just his attitude, like she spoiled his plans when the trip was his idea.
At the apothecary— really it was a cramped one-room shack filled with dried herbs—she picked up a bottle to read the label.
“Do not touch that. You will break it,” Perrigaul snapped.
“I’ll be carefu
