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"You have a watch"

Zoltan gritted his teeth "Are bears always so dairlfriend"

"DoAnd there are some weapons on the table in the arht back"

"You’d better come back," Howard said quickly before he could teleport away "We , and Elsa wants to make sure you’re happy with it"

"Fine" Zoltan teleported to a dark alley close to the village square where the two streets intersected Main Street and High Street

So, while so A feaved and called out greetings as he strode toward the jewelry store He waved back, then pulled on the door handle Locked Damn Janos was closed for the day?

He teleported inside "Janos!" The old man lived in the back, so he should hear hilass case, looking for a wos caught his eye Siant

"My lord?" Janos limped slowly into the room He’d suffered an injury back in the second huies for disturbing you I won’t take aze shifted to Zoltan’s wrist "You have a watch"

"I need a wo? "I’ve bought jewelry for worowled

"Not inwith excitement "Are you serious about her, my lord? Will there be a countess soon at the castle?"

Zoltan grimaced It was a bloody shame he didn’t have ti to spread the word, and before the night was over, the whole village would be planning his wedding

"I have sos over here" Janos scurried behind the first glass case,exceptionally well for a man with a liarding the matter"

"Oh" Janos’s shoulders slumped "Very well" He hobbled over to another case as if he were suddenly in pain again "I’ low The tour bus this afternoon was filled with needs, and they bought the best ones"

"What?" A frisson of horror skittered through Zoltan when he realized the watch case was practically empty "I only need one A pretty one"

"I ordered some more after the tour bus left They’ll be here in a few days"

"I need soht!"

Janos winced "Well, as you can see, we have a few men’s watches And then there’s this one" He retrieved a watch from the case and set it on a square of black velvet "These are very popular, especially aer wo side?"

Zoltan gritted his teeth She ht be over two thousand years old He eyed the watch with its hot pink band and sparkly decoration "What is that? A cat?"

"Hello Kitty," Janos ive you an excellent price for it"

Zoltan grabbed the watch and studied it closely

"Is she fond of cats, my lord?"

He snorted "I suppose so Box it up And when your new ones come in, save the most expensive one for me"

"Yes, my lord Of course We’ll let this one be on the house, shall we?"

"Thank you, Janos" Zoltan shoved the sift box into his jacket and teleported back to the castle He found Howard in the ar

"Good, you’re back" Howard set the last of the books into the overloaded bag and struggled to zip it shut "I promised Elsa you would drop by the chapel I helped Alastairbefore the tour, and Do us that you would throw a fit if anything happened to it"

Zoltan snorted "I don’t throw fits"

Howard gave him a curious look "Domokos said it was special to you, but he wouldn’t explain why"

"I’ll go there now"

Howard straightened "Wait You need your--"

Zoltan teleported to the courtyard and looked around in the ht The main keep where he and his servants lived was in excellent shape since he’d renovated it about twenty years earlier, but the east wing and toere in bad shape They were now sectioned off with yellow tape

He zooo, it still boasted the original stone walls, but he’d had to replace the roof and stained glass o hundred years ago

Inside, he found Elsa equipped with a spray bottle of glass cleaner and a roll of paper towels, busily polishing up the glass case that housed the mulass case, which was now resting on several wooden crates so it aist high

"Good evening," Zoltan said

Elsa ju to face him "Oh, you came" She set down the Windex bottle and paper towels on a sill "The glass got all serprints from the tourists I wanted to make sure you were happy with the lass case, studying the familiar forht it ht be a woman, but I wasn’t sure Did you know her?"

Zoltan nodded, hiswith a wry s to be housed in a chapel"

"Why? Was she very religious?"

Before Zoltan could answer, Howard rushed inside the chapel and screeched to a halt

He glowered at Zoltan "You had to teleport here? Don’t you know exercise is good for you?"

Zoltan snorted "Would I live longer? What took you so long?"

"You left your sat phone in the kitchen" Howard handed it to Zoltan

"Guess what?" Elsa grabbed her husband and pulled hilass case "Zoltan just told h See the long hair? And she’s a little short, just around five feet, although I suppose men were shorter, too, at one time"