Rose and Rune glanced at Catherine after that loud request.
“Gosh, you people are so annoying,” she complained. “Do you seriously think I told them to come here?”
“Them?” Rune was baffled. He turned off the cooker and stepped out.
Rose followed him, and she was as amused as Rune to see about ten people clamouring at their doorstep.
“There he is!” The angry man from earlier seemed to be leading the crowd. “Drag him out! He’s a rogue!”
Catherine stepped closer, her shoulders pumped with a majestic poise Rose envied. “Your noise is annoying. Go away.” She slammed the door shut to everyone’s surprise. She then faced Rune and Rose. “Give me two days. I’ll leave by then.”
That sounded like sleep talk because her eyes were not fully open.
“What do we do about the crowd?” Symon asked a
