As they stepped out of Valion’s lounge room in Richthofen Castle Alaric dropped his arm over his mother’s shoulder and walked towards the large entrance foyer with Valion beside them.
Jesse smiled up at him and patted his hand. “Are you going to come and stay a few days?”
“Yeah, I might…I need to make a catalogue entry regarding the Jewel of Denial into the archives anyway.”
“Must you?” Valion enquired with a small smirk.
Alaric looked over at him walking slightly behind them and grinned. “Yes, we need to know and have it recorded that the Jewel is in your possession.”
Jesse shook her head. “I can’t believe you deceived a dead woman and a fox spirit at that.”
“What was I meant to do? If she didn’t think I was going to keep the jewel from Valion she was never going to tell us where it
