Chapter 18
“Is everyone ready,” Lain asked as he looked from one person to the next. All four of them were dressed in simple, well-worn clothes such as peasants would wear. Theirn had the bundle with the dress and wig strapped to his shoulders and Castien’s sword hung in a sheath at his side for the time being. Lain carried a longbow across his back and Alassiel had a slender dagger hidden in, as she had stated emphatically, a place no man had better ever think of searching for it. All of them had pouches at their waists which held dried provisions since they had no idea how long it would be until they would eat a normal meal again.
They were going to the village where Lain had lived before he joined the prince’s retinue. He still had acquaintances there, and one friend who he hoped to p
