Chapter 13
Before I left the house I clasped Sylvain to me in a hug. “You have been more than family to me this past day. I could not have accomplished this task without your aid.”
“It is only as it should be,” he responded when we broke apart. “Now you must go and do what must be done. I will find you later.”
“I will be glad to see you at the celebration, Sylvain. Fear not Duir’s notice. He will be drunk and paying no attention to anything aside from ale and women.”
“Power is a far more powerful seduction than ale and whores, Brother!” Sylvain yelled out as I made my way from him to the gate.
“Ahh, but I can think of others!” I shouted over the sound of an approaching carriage. The streets were coming alive and I paid the carriage no mind until it was nearly upon me. Sylvain stood in
