Still, Lady and Lord Lihin traveled silently, all their focus on making it up the mountain as quickly as possible. They'd left the servants in the Manor with instructions to ready the place for at least two injured upon their return. Ghia’s rank of Head Healer had translated well into future of Lady Lihin: upon her arrival at her ruling seat that summer, Ghia had immediately set about renovating the Manor to be friendlier to her chosen profession. "I'm not giving up healing just because my bloodline says I must rule Atton," she'd said to Jules, a little stridently, though he hadn't needed much convincing. Renovations were not quite complete and wouldn't be until the next spring but there was a large enough area now serviceable as hospitalis, and part of the gardens had been transformed int
