
“I… Autumn?” Knight Corliss turned to me.
I hugged my son. “He doesn’t understand,”
“He’s a mage? Like you?”
“No. We must go.”
“At least let me put you up for the night,” Knight Corliss said. “In repayment for your service to the kingdom.”
“I have done nothing.”
Knight Corliss smiled. “You always were a terrible liar.”