The Renegade Merchant
“Gareth gazed at the body as if seeing it for the first time. He was having trouble accepting the way his two worlds had just collided.
“Yes, my lord,” Cedric said.
“Why didn’t you say so when you came to get us?” Gareth swiveled on the ball of his foot to look over at Cedric, who stood to the right of the doorway.
“I didn’t think it mattered since I didn’t think you would know him,” Cedric said. “Obviously, I was wrong.”
Gwen was shaking her head back and forth repeatedly, seemingly unable to m...uster up the appropriate words to convey how she felt.
The questions tumbled over themselves in Gareth’s mind, but he asked the first one that leapt to the forefront. “Why would Roger Carter rent a room at this inn?”
“He didn’t,” Rob said.
Gareth sent him a piercing look, at which point the innkeeper got the hint that his answer wasn’t sufficient.
“The room was rented to someone else.”
“Who?”
Rob gestured helplessly. “A stranger. Came two nights ago.MoreLess
“Yes, my lord,” Cedric said.
“Why didn’t you say so when you came to get us?” Gareth swiveled on the ball of his foot to look over at Cedric, who stood to the right of the doorway.
“I didn’t think it mattered since I didn’t think you would know him,” Cedric said. “Obviously, I was wrong.”
Gwen was shaking her head back and forth repeatedly, seemingly unable to m...uster up the appropriate words to convey how she felt.
The questions tumbled over themselves in Gareth’s mind, but he asked the first one that leapt to the forefront. “Why would Roger Carter rent a room at this inn?”
“He didn’t,” Rob said.
Gareth sent him a piercing look, at which point the innkeeper got the hint that his answer wasn’t sufficient.
“The room was rented to someone else.”
“Who?”
Rob gestured helplessly. “A stranger. Came two nights ago.MoreLess
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