“Of course Maneli, of course. I am a man of my word. You and your sister can pack whatever you can carry to the docks in peace.” Tanidela smirked at the thought of Ravana and Maneli being out of Thrace at dawn. Maneli carefully took the set of cestus gloves that he bought from the local leather smith but he used them for taming animals, a profession that their father did not approve of and would not allow Maneli to practice on his land. Maneli honored his father’s wishes by not practicing his craft at the manor, instead Maneli practice taming animals in the woods at the edge of the manor’s property. Maneli thought over what Derketo had told him in the dungeon earlier about Makara being different than Thrace and about being a tamer once they got there. Derketo also told Maneli before he w

