Chapter 32Vredech looked at Nertha anxiously. ‘Are you all right?’ he asked.
They were sitting by the fire in Vredech’s private quarters. Two lanterns, turned well down, added a little light to that thrown by the fire. It should have been a moment of quiet indulgence as they both luxuriated in the soft light and the after-glow of changing from cold, sodden clothes into dry ones. House had anticipated their condition and was fully armed to deal with it when they eventually returned. But no amount of physical comfort could assuage the tension they felt, though by silent consent they had kept it from House.
Vredech repeated his question, and Nertha nodded unconvincingly.
Following Cassraw’s eerie demonstration of his power, there had been an uproar which ended only when most of the crowd h
