Under Cover of Darkness
Under Cover of Darkness
““Why, so you are. It’s interesting that never occurred to us, what with this being the Thieves Guild and all.”
Terizan’s lip curled in spite of all efforts to keep her expression neutral. Tribune One’s lip curled in return. Tribunes Two and Three shuffled their seats out of the direct line of fire as surreptitiously as only master thieves could shuffle. Gaze locked on One’s face, Terizan’s right brow flicked up.
One laughed.
When that was it for confrontation, Two and Three exchanged nearly ide...ntical expressions of chagrin.
What they’d missed, and what One hadn’t, was that Terizan had no intention of becoming part of the Thieves Guild Tribunal, at least, not yet. Granted, she’d been taking reading lessons on the Street of Tales, but she wasn’t ready to make an irreversible challenge to the Tribunal’s authority. Besides, the thought of spending any significant amount of time in close proximity to Tribune Three and the scent of sandalwood oil he’d recently started rubbing all over his not inconsiderable bulk, turned her stomach.MoreLess
Terizan’s lip curled in spite of all efforts to keep her expression neutral. Tribune One’s lip curled in return. Tribunes Two and Three shuffled their seats out of the direct line of fire as surreptitiously as only master thieves could shuffle. Gaze locked on One’s face, Terizan’s right brow flicked up.
One laughed.
When that was it for confrontation, Two and Three exchanged nearly ide...ntical expressions of chagrin.
What they’d missed, and what One hadn’t, was that Terizan had no intention of becoming part of the Thieves Guild Tribunal, at least, not yet. Granted, she’d been taking reading lessons on the Street of Tales, but she wasn’t ready to make an irreversible challenge to the Tribunal’s authority. Besides, the thought of spending any significant amount of time in close proximity to Tribune Three and the scent of sandalwood oil he’d recently started rubbing all over his not inconsiderable bulk, turned her stomach.MoreLess
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