I watched the little thing, taking in her current condition, and fought to control my anger. It seemed that every time I turned around, she was getting injured from throwing herself in the way of danger.
Though I knew that I couldn’t, I wanted to lock her away somewhere far away from the world so that she would never get hurt again.
"Mister."
Snapping out of my thoughts, I looked around in confusion until my eyes rested on a young boy with shaggy brown hair, gapped teeth, and sparkling gray eyes.
"Mister, the Duke sent me to retrieve you and your companion." The young man said once he was sure that he had my attention.
"Duke Hagsworth?" I asked for clarification, even though there wasn’t really any other Duke that would look for me.
"That’s right." The boy beamed. "I am his errand b
