CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
MIRA
We headed out after breakfast. Rispan had shown me the collar and leash for Bijoux. It was beautiful workmanship and Bijoux wore it like she was a queen, and it was her crown. I wasn’t happy about the cost, but considering the materials, I couldn’t deny that the price had been fair. I didn’t know how much use we were going to get out of it, but it looked like Bijoux was going to be a permanent fixture with Rispan, so it would be a good idea to have something that would make a statement like that.
“I’ll be sure to notate it in an expense report,” I told him. “If it gets denied, I’m sure it won’t take you more than twenty years or so to pay it back.”
We made our way back across the causeway from Shifara astle to Shifara City. I glanced back over my shoulder at t
