Boom’s Point of View
I was on my way to the main gate to help greet the guest as they arrived when I saw Laa trying to talk Rowan down.
“What’s going on?” I asked them. Laa told me about the exchange with Bastien then showed me what was inside the box. I was taken aback; it was a very old gris-gris bag with an even older sigil on the front.
“Who the f**k does he think he is?” Rowan sneered, “Is that a threat? Did he just threaten my wife?!”
“Quite the opposite, in fact” I said calmly.
“I tried to tell him that” Laa sighed.
“He’s clearly the friend we were told would come.” I told Rowan.
“How do you know that just by looking at a dirty old bag?”
“Because Rowan,” Laa interjected, “that isn’t a dirty old bag, it’s a very old gris-gris bag. A very powerful protection mix is in
