CHAPTER EIGHT
The slinky feline guided us out of the streets full of houses and into those more focused on commercial prospects. Shop banners and awnings jutted out of random buildings, though some of those that had upper floors showed signs of home life with flower boxes and hanging laundry. The crowds swarmed in from the outer edges of the city and crowded together in a mass of business and buzz. Women congregated in small groups and chatted away on the latest gossip as others looked over the shop merchandise. Drudgery men meandered their way through the masses with heavy packages on their backs. No wonder men were used, as the streets narrowed so much that I could have almost reached out and touched wall to wall with my hands. Even a few small fae folk flitted over the heads of t
