Emberly was sitting in Bandello’s when he arrived. She had not been there long, only a half hour. She was dressed as herself. Kyra was also there, decked out in her regular maidservant uniform. She looked like herself again.
When they first arrived, Nerissa rushed over to them, offering drinks on the house from Ben, who was in a meeting at the moment but would be by once he finished. Idly, Emberly wondered what “meeting” entailed for him. Emberly was a little sad to hear Benedick was not around, as he promised he would be. She had not seen her friend in months and there was much she wanted to tell him.
Benedick had yet to make an appearance when Kyler arrived from Verlent. There were deep circles under his eyes and he had grown another few inches since she last saw him. But she would kno
