“After the selection, I went back to working at my Uncle’s failing business.” She exhaled slowly as if relaxing before she continued: “One night after working, I was going back home when a lady came up to me, promising me a lot of money if I came with her to meet her boss. I reluctantly followed her to a really nice, expensive tavern. She guided me to a room with another lady inside. Her boss was a lady whose face I struggled to see since she covered it with a black veil.”
She paused briefly to stop her mouth from tiring. “There was a long stretch of silence as the lady sipped her wine before she finally asked me if I went for the selection. I answered her question before she proceeded to ask if I was close to you back at Keld palace. After answering that, she dropped an enormous pouch of
