Shady

"Seventy," Aleth lied, knowing fully well that Tarr would continue to try to talk him down, no matter what number he gave.

"Really?" Aleth raised an eyebrow. "I'm beginning to feel insulted, Lord Tarr."

"Absolutely not," Aleth answered without hesitation. For one, he knew noblemen tended to offer far less than they were actually willing to pay, ironically enough. Poor men that approached him ...

"I have no need for slaves," Aleth answered with a small smile. "I don't enjoy having people in my home that I don't explicitly trust, and it takes far too ...

Well, these were to be interesting dynamics, weren't they? Tarr going around threatening his wife, and even Aleth, but too scared to speak for the Lady Loquitur. It was just ...

"I only trust two men in this life," Aleth answered, wondering if Tarr was going to notice the coming slight. "And I brought both of them with me." He smoothed ...

Aleth nodded slowly, listening to Tarr explain. It surprised him a bit that Loquitur was coming TO Tarr instead of the other way around, but it’d be nice to have ...

And you obviously haven’t had much experience with me if you think I can’t tell the difference between a joke and a threat. But, then, Aleth had been threatened by ...

The boy wasn't going to last a month. The instant Ash made an attach, the Tarr estate was going to fall. The boy wasn't cut out for these types of ...

"Well, I do hope you'll be more impressed by me," Aleth answered with faux humility, offering a slight smile. He was already learning so much, and hadn't even been here ...

The children who died are ghosts. They wander what used to be the school. One of them ate fruit which turned him from human to dragon. Now claws replaced

Aleth wasn't going to rise to the bait. Tarr didn't know what Aleth thought, much less what he felt. Mostly because Aleth didn't feel much of anything at all, most ...

The children who died are ghosts. They wander what used to be the school. One of them ate fruit which turned him from human to dragon. Now

"Um..." Ky watched as Tarr whisked Aleth away, not quite sure the answer to that. She looked back at the servant. "Near to Master Klev, I imagine." She flashed an ...

"No, no, not at all," Aleth answered smoothly, filing that information away too. So, troubles with his wife. Already. That didn't take long. And, based on the maid's words and ...