*Soren*
I waited for Mila to go into her room and shut the door. I stayed there a few moments longer and waited to see if she'd try to run right away.
Going to her door, I listened in until I heard the shower turn on. Nodding to myself, I headed to my own room.
I shut the door and it immediately opened again. Payne came in and slouched down in a nearby armchair.
“I caught up with her attacker. It took a while, but I got answers out of him," he reported with a heavy sigh.
“What did you learn?" I questioned.
“The people after Mila tonight were related to Norwind. They aren't just sending their own tracking parties after her. It seems like Norwind has reached out to a lot of bounty hunters, the underground kind, to hunt her," he explained.
“And I guess the unsavory people she met
