Mallory turned to Jenet. “Do you have enough money to live on until you can start earning some again?”
“Why do you ask?” Jenet dusted the crumbs from her fingers and lap.
“We can give you a handful of silver pieces to help you out,” Mallory said.
Jenet stared at her before finally speaking. “If you have need of me, leave a message for me with the gladiator faction in Shadhurst. I owe you for how honourably you’ve treated me in our dealings.”
Mallory wanted to argue that anyone would have done the same, but she remained silent, knowing that many wouldn’t have.
“Adventurers?” the young wandering soul asked.
Ryan rose from the log he’d been sitting on. “Yeah. We’re just about ready.”
They cleaned up and packed the wagon while Jenet gave Mallory a drawing of a basic map that she’d drawn
