CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Bessy swept into the room with a tray of crackers and cold meats. She set the platter on the bed beside Tegan and stepped back to smile at us. “I hope that will do.”
Tegan plucked a cracker from the bunch and took a bite. “Always. Thanks for putting us up, especially with so much trouble following us.”
Bessy laughed and waved a hand in front of her. “It’s nothing you haven’t put me through before.”
Tegan lowered the c***k and caught the eyes of his aunt in his grim gaze. “This is serious this time, Aunt Bessy. Domini would only be too glad to stop us from finding out what he’s done with Voran and the Keys want to see us in chains.”
“Then you’ll just have to be more serious about avoiding them,” she countered as she wagged a finger at her nephew. “No galivant
