Queen Zezanna

Queen Zezanna - Chapter 31

It doesn't take much longer to unload the rest of the ship, and then bring a few boxes on that Tzeeru will take to his home island. It is starting to get late, but we do head to the tavern to have some drinks before heading to the inn for the night.

As we sit down to drink, I notice some guards come in. They start questioning people about the recent attack in the town square that allowed a witch to escape. The citizens that they question tell them what they know, but they really don't know much. The guards can clearly see that this won't get them anywhere, and leave without questioning us.

"Those damn witches. This is why I say we just burn them all! Now there's at least three out there!" The guard complains.

"Don't worry, they can't avoid justice for long!" The other swears as they exit the bar.

"You kids couldn't know anything about that, could you?" Brokk asks.

"We were too busy carrying boxes." We tell him.

"Of course." He rolls his eyes.

He knows that we had something to do with it, but we obviously can't tell him out in the open like this. We'll fill him in later tonight in the inn, when we aren't surrounded by nosey drunkards.

Not long before the bar closes, a familiar man enters. Shadi Mhan, the criminal we met in Driko. I wonder what he's doing here.

Shadi nods at us as he passes, and takes a seat at the bar, far away from us. He orders a beer, and slips the bartender a note. He's discreet about it, so I was probably the only one who noticed. He also keeps glancing around the bar, passing it off as checking out hot women. Clearly he has something else going on, though.

As the bar closes up, and everyone is kicked out of the bar, Shadi comes over to us, and throws his arm around me.

"So! What brings a beautiful lady like yourself to this place?" He asks.

"Nice to see you again too." I mutter.

"Just tryin' to keep up the act." He shrugs.

"We're looking for a friend. I'm pretty sure I told you about this before."

"I know. The knight in shining armor."

"You've never seen us like this before, so how did you even know it was us?" I ask.

"My contacts have eyes like hawks. Shall we continue this conversation in your room?"

"Fine."

We head over to the inn, and get some rooms. Shadi and Brokk will share a room with Heroth, but for now, those two are coming with us so we can fill them in. Meanwhile, Heroth will fill Emma in on the witch we met in the markets.

"A young woman was going to be hung for witchcraft. Ysana, Heroth, and I decided to take things into our own hands to ensure that an innocent woman did not die. Gertrude, who we saw die, appeared in front of us, then left with the girl to start some special witch training."

"You kids are getting into some fucked up shit." Shadi mutters.

"Doesn't matter. We're at the home stretch, now. In a few days, our friends will be heading back home, and we will be heading towards the castle to get help from the prince."

"The younger prince." Shadi reminds me.

"Right." I nod my head.

"If his father or older brother disagree with your plans... You could be in some trouble."

"I know."

"Brave girl."

"No, I'm just desperate."