Devlin's Justice
“Perhaps it was because they took these seldom traveled ways, but they saw few other travelers. Most of those they encountered were locals, walking on foot as they journeyed between the tiny villages dotting that part of the countryside. Thrice they heard hoofbeats, and each time managed to conceal themselves in the forest before being seen by a mounted patrol. When their provisions had run low, they had risked stopping in a village large enough to have shops catering to travelers. She had given... Didrik enough coin to buy half the village and instructed him to return swiftly. He had returned three hours later, burdened with provisions, having spent only a small portion of her silver. “I told you to be quick,” she had groused. “They would remember a man in a hurry who foolishly paid far more than the goods were worth. It was not worth calling attention to us,” Didrik had replied. Indeed their small party had drawn few signs of interest. The farmers went about their business, working the small fields while pig herders supervised their charges in the forest.MoreLess
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