Chapter Ten
Tahlia had taken some convincing to go along with my plan. Admon’s manse had become the scene of a murder. Surely, it would be watched. I already knew the front entrance was still guarded, even though the lord who had once resided there would never return.
But I had extensive experience getting in and out of the manse unseen.
I found my lips stretching in a grim smile as I waited for Tahlia to slip down the rope to the inner grounds of Admon’s garden while I kept watch from the top of the wall. Thanks to my foster-father’s countless assignments to escape the manse undetected over the years, I was more than familiar with the patrolling guards’ routine. Tahlia’s presence made things a bit more difficult, but I could hardly leave her behind. The relief of finally being able to
