Chapter 4Markus was nicely tired after the day’s work but far from exhausted. After finishing with Berris and the horses, he followed the stablemaster’s advice, moving through a crowded bathhouse before walking back to the mess hall. Delz called out to him as he carried a full plate of food, and he sat down with the four men, who introduced him to two others at the table.
Jild was a Scout, and the first of the female fighters that he’d spoken to, a tall rangy woman with short light brown hair. She wasn’t what Markus would call beautiful, but with her intelligent look and infectious grin she was very attractive. Her partner, Moris, was short for his breadth, very tough looking with a nose that had been broken sometime in the past. Markus wasn’t sure if they had a purely fighting partnershi
