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My cheeks grearm in embarrassment

Want me to knock hiht I probably did look terrible the last time I came I had just escaped out of the prison then Besides, he’s just a boy

With nothe young stable boy who pro I’ll be fine I heard Faraway nicker in laughter as I headed to the inn’s entrance My goal was to get in, get a meal and a room, and do it without a fuss I didn’t really want it advertised that I was traveling alone

As soon as I entered the inn, ain

"Hello, welcoon, are you here for the fare, or a fair sleep? We serve both" He flashed rin, and I couldn’t help but smile back at his odd sense of humor

My eyes wandered the roo aat a corner table Her hands flew as she talked, and I could hear her giggle all the way to the front of the roo not to draw attention to myself "Food first, then a rooister book and opened it up He pulled out a quill and began to write in the day’s date I was about to hand over my money when I heardthe warm tone of Joss’s voice

My head snapped up faster than lightening as I zeroed in on hi in the back of the roo to Vienna The inn door opened with the jingle of a bell, and the floor rue dropped a very heavy ite in a silent oh was the only warning I had before I was scooped up fro from Hemi

"Ahh, I’ve found you Li’l Wolf Now I can keep hout the inn

"He-He-He in the air

"Not until I see that you are all right That you have all yer fingers and toes," he challenged back

I was allowed back to the ground, and He --the scrapes, bruises, and cracked lip that had ht with Gwen in the pits His hands reached for ently knocked the here? Where’s Mona? Where are the others?" No sooner had I won my freedom from Hemi, I rapped up in the warm embrace of Joss’s arms

"You’re safe?" he asked in disbelief "I can’t believe you’re safe" He leaned back and looked at otten about e Joss and Heround

"Thalia, what happened?" Joss said His voice dripped orry I raised ain and met his eyes

"It’s been like that since I lost control of my power in the barn"

"It’s…it’s…I don’t know…" Joss spoke, turningto see it better in the inn’s died and pulled away from him I was a little disappointed by his reaction It was so different from Kael’s I turned and faced Hemi, so he could see ood look at n to ward off evil spirits I punched Heh it took a while He too, lifted irl Still the saht?" Hemi asked

"Yeah, just with a very bad te jostled around"

Just then, the inn door opened again, and the young boy fro me a sheepish look

I put azed sternly at hiot to mention they came back You would have found them eventually, and now I’m three coppers richer" I moved closer to him and he squeaked and ran up the closest set of stairs to escape my ire