“Is it? I’d better hear about this in my tent, then.” He indicated the tall, skinny young man, who had remained several paces behind him. “Have their horses seen to. This way.”
We followed Doug to the biggest tent and took adjacent canvas stools that sat in front of a long wooden table littered with papers. Doug settled behind the table and gestured toward Gregory.
“There isn’t a great deal to tell,” Gregory said, and proceeded to give a succinct accounting of our last meeting with Aaron.
“A thief,” Doug said slowly when he finished. “How very novel. It hadn’t occurred to me to engage the services of a thief to end the war, but I can see the value in Lord Aaron’s thinking. Very well. Lady Gwen will take the place of one of my warriors who wishes to return to his home for a short period.
