Chapter 35

Leto couldn’t hide his surprise.

“How long have you been here?”

“Since the beginning. When you said ‘damn it.’”

He rubbed his face in exasperation.

“If I had known, I wouldn’t have said that.”

“Did something happen with the guild master?”

“That bastard demanded an outrageous price for using the ‘Forest of the Wizards.’ That’s why the negotiation took so long.”

“Oh dear. Was the negotiation successful?”

“Barely. I thought he might strangle me halfway through.”

So there was another meeting after the state council. It must have been exhausting. I had no idea where the meeting took …