Chapter 6
Steigan sat at a table with his back to the wall and a good view of people entering through the door. Any moment now Arlyn would come in. Steigan waited.
Behind the bar, Sim and Lucinia kept whispering and sending furtive glances in his direction, but whenever Lucinia came by to help customers in the back corner she gave Steigan's table a wider berth. Sim never came out from in back of the bar.
They were both avoiding him. Steigan knew they had good cause to.
Why hadn't he just gone to the Temple? He tipped his head back and lightly banged it against the wall. He took up the mug held wrapped in his fingers and took another sip. Goddess, when Lucinia walked by him the next time, he ought to throw this watered-down garbage at her.
No, Lucinia didn't deserve his anger. She'd be
