Avondale by Toby Neighbors

Author:Toby Neighbors [Neighbors, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Mythic Adventure Publishing
Published: 2014-09-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Lexi

News of the banishment spread through the city like a wildfire. Most people were shocked, others callous and uncaring. When Lexi heard the news, she fled back to small inn where had been staying for the last week. Since travel outside the city was non-existent, inns had become the domain of the poor and those whose work kept them on the shadier side of the law. Lexi had spent most of her life sleeping wherever she could find shelter. She had learned early on not to stay too long in any one place. Avondale, like any large city, had a large indigent population. The Paladins largely left the poor alone, rousing those that were foolish enough to fall asleep in the street, but otherwise turning a blind eye.

Inns were the safest place for Lexi to take shelter. She could lock the door, sleep in an actual bed and even get a warm meal or two in the process. Of course inns charged for their services, and even though Lexi didn’t traffic her body as many young, poverty stricken girls did, she did offer her talents to a wide assortment of inn keepers. She had paid for her stay in the inn with the gold she had taken from the palace, and despite the fact that she had paid for at least two weeks in the squalid little establishment, she felt as if she had stayed in one place too long. She didn’t like to be predictable. The ability to be found was one she avoided steadfastly. If someone wanted her help, word would get around, but she feared someone being able to track her down and accost her, or worse, if she stayed in any one place too long.

The celebrations throughout the city lauding the King’s arrival were an opportunity that Lexi simply couldn’t pass up. While most of the people in the city were feasting and drinking, Lexi was quietly slipping into some of the larger homes, taking a few small valuables from each. She wasn’t greedy, and never took more than one or two items from each home she hit. By the time she heard about Rafe and Tiberius being banished from the city, she had acquired one of the best hauls of her life.

She sat in the small room of the inn trying her best to think of what to do next. She had been torn over Tiberius’ confession. All along she had refused to even consider that she might have feelings for him. He had been like a shooting star, beautiful, fleeting, and out of reach. Their friendship had been surprising, but she had seen it as an opportunity. Lexi knew the importance of relationships, and knowing the son of an Earl would became a Paladin would have been very valuable in Lexi’s preferred trade. Still, she had never expected to care about him, or that he would have feelings for her. Since they last saw one another, she had wrestled with his offer. She

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