Chapter Twenty
Two days later, Serena and her team were ensconced, more or less comfortably, in a tiny inn just outside of Draetre, in northern Nimdre. The inn was owned by the Torwyne Agency. It operated as a fully functional waystation, but its agents had priority, and it always kept rooms free for them.
Their conversation with Oliver himself had been interesting. Typically, he had shared none of his thoughts regarding the competing interference of Mae and Ylona. But he had not chosen to throw in his lot with either side, either. Lady Glostrum’s contract was considered to be complete, and had been closed. He had declined Mae’s and Ylona’s subsequent attempts to hire them.
Instead, their new assignment was to acquire the two keys Ylona held and deliver them to Oliver himself. This was
