Chapter Twenty Five
Eva’s one fear about using Recender was his cunning. If he thought he could delay her departure by taking longer over her request, he would certainly do it. She had stressed the importance of her schedule as strongly as she knew how; after that there was nothing to do but wait.
Two days passed and Recender produced nothing useful. Eva, chafing at the delay, spent many hours with the ambassador, intent on keeping him on track. But she was careful to reserve some hours to herself and Tren’s company as well. Having little else to do, the two of them spent most of their time in their private parlour at Wirllen’s best quality inn, both trying to read.
On the second day, Eva and Tren were sitting on opposite sides of their parlour, both pretending to read and neither feeli
