Blood Calls by Andrew Wichland

Author:Andrew Wichland [Wichland, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Dinner Guests

The rest of the return to the palace was uneventful. Robin was relieved when each book turned on and worked without a problem.

After his encounter with the children claiming their sweets and toys, he made his way to Marian’s room and knocked on her door.

“Enter,” she called.

He opened the door and stepped in. For the briefest second, he saw surprise in her eye.

“I brought you your books,” he said, holding them out to her.

“Yes, thank you,” she said, taking them. “Now remember, you need to keep out of sight while Balwin is here.”

Before Robin turned to leave, he paused. “What is that?” he asked.

She followed his pointing finger to the sofa in her bedroom. The dress laid out across it was black, with two long slits that went to the bottom of the skirt. The short-sleeved top was only connected to the skirt by two strips of cloth on the sides that would cling to her like a second skin. Everything below her chest and back would be revealed to all.

“That…” she said as she walked over and picked it up, “is the dress I am required to wear to dinner. If it weren’t for the company I would probably enjoy wearing it…and not burn it afterwards.” She held it up in front of her. “What do you think?”

Facing her, he eyed it. “I have to agree with you. And it’s a shame it will be wasted on the company you’ll be having. Anyone else you might have worn it for would have been lucky.”

A small smile graced her lips, and he continued. “But why would they require you to wear that?”

Sighing, she turned and tossed the dress on the bed. “To show both me and my dancing off to the others who are coming,” she explained.

“‘Dance’?” Robin asked, frowning. “I’ve never seen you dance.”

Smiling she waved her hands. “All things considered, can you blame me? They ruin it for me entirely.”

He nodded in understanding and went to move his clothes to the servants’ quarters, which would be his home for the immediate future.

The servants’ quarters contained row after row of bunk beds. As he lay on one of the top bunks, he sandwiched his hand between his head and the pillow.

Various scenarios played over in his mind at a million miles a minute. Balwin could be coming here because he had figured out that Robin was a knight. He could be coming just to torment Robin by rubbing in the fact that Balwin had his sister. Or he might intend to have his men deliver Robin to Balwin. Or Balwin could be bringing Freya here just to kill her in front of Robin.

“I need more information,” he growled in frustration. “And there’s only one way to do that,” he finished. He turned and slipped from the bed.

A short while later, dressed in a server’s uniform and fidgeting with the cuffs and collar, Robin walked toward the area where people were gathered to greet Balwin. As he exited the double front doors of the palace, Robin froze.

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