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When they paused at midday, and Luke left them to dine in a roadside tavern, Cade went to the kitchen, and returned shortly with es He tended her wounded hand, tearing away the crusted handkerchief, and washed the wound ater fro From his pocket, he produced a small tub of salve

"The headwoman in the kitchen was very helpful," he said, and he slathered soan’s hand "Luke overreacted"

"I’m not so sure," she replied

Cade raised an eyebrow "No?"

"We’re in the Capital, Cade, and that ht to correcton our being successful"

He nodded his acceptance and tied off her bandage "I didn’t like hi you"

"I didn’t either, and I bet he feels bad about it We see hiot a family back in Mill City that heand all, and who knohat it’s really like when he goes into those taverns pretending to be soht," Cade replied, and he led her to the shade beneath a maple with their ain, I will tear it out of his hands and use it on him"

The fierceness of Cade’s expression made hiot in his way

When Luke stepped into the darkness of the tavern after the bright sunlight outside, he paused a moment to allow his eyes to adjust The common roo their meals

A man approached and introduced himself as the tavern keeper "You are Mr Mayforte?"

Luke nodded

"Ah, then you are invited to our private dining roo to play this part and worrying about his fa lashed Karigan with his whip, sank to a ne His overseer was checking up on him He had no choice but to follow the tavern keeper into the s for four Only oneThe man sat there with his napkin tucked into his already straining collar as he cut into a hunk of beef