Duke Grandfather- The Whole Story by James Maxstadt

Author:James Maxstadt [Maxstadt, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-07T22:00:00+00:00

The holiday turned out to be everything that I hoped for. Our local taverns were handing out the free ale as fast as you could ask for it, and I ate at least three plates of mutton at the Barman’s Choice. Lilly stayed with me for a while, nursing a wine or two, then cut out, leaving me in the semi-capable hands of Jessup.

When I woke up at what was still technically morning, I was feeling better than I had any right to. Stumbling down to the kitchen, I found a note from Lilly, saying that she had gone in to work and would be home in time for dinner. She fully expected me to be out and about, but asked me to meet her at the Barman’s Choice.

Off I went to another afternoon of free ale, good spirits and fun. But I kept myself under control so that I would remember my date with my fiancé, and turned up there in plenty of time, and in reasonably good condition.

When Lilly came in, she had an odd expression on her face.

“What’s up?” I asked her, as she sat and I signaled to the serving girl for a wine and another ale.

“It’s strange…” she began, but then stopped.

“Yes?”

“Do you remember when that female elf said at the gates that she wanted to learn more about our city?”

“Sort of,” I mumbled, now vaguely embarrassed by my reaction to it.

“I guess that meant that she wanted to be shown around, by someone local and not an official of some sort.”

“Oh. Does that mean she could come waltzing in here?” I said it in jest, but then looked more closely at Lilly. “No, really? Did you spot her heading this way?”

“No, not yet. It’s more that I’ve been asked to…”

“You? You’re going to be her tour guide? Why you?”

Lilly’s eyes flashed at that. “Why not me?”

“No, no. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that. I just meant, how did you get chosen?”

“I have no idea. My boss told me as I was leaving. She wants to start seeing the city tonight, so I’m to meet her at the watchhouse in an hour.”

“Wow,” was all I could think of to say as I started to drain my mug.

“Put that down,” she said. “You’re coming with me.”

“But…” I was starting to protest when two men came up, pulled out chairs and sat at the table without so much as a word. I was stunned. No one did that to me, and absolutely no one did that to Lilly.

They were both dressed in black, head to toe, and it took me a moment to realize where I saw them before. They were the same two men who were watching us at the Death Knight’s keep. One was dressed in black wizard’s robes, the other in black shirt and pants.

“Lilly Deerborne.” The non-wizard said. “We’d like to speak with you for a minute.”

“Now hold on there, friend,” I started to say, but the wizard looked at me. His eyes were completely black, like Lilly’s are when she’s casting a spell.

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