Beneath the rock outcropping, Liam Dunn sat on a small boulder, his brow furrowed in thought as his gaze wandered between the glowing pair of figures on the outcropping and the strange collection of people beneath it.
On one side, the young lord had almost become accustomed to the presence of the diminutive 'squire' named Emmie who Lady Heila had assigned as a caretaker for both Liam and Hugo Hanrahan. Despite the horns on her head and the strange, clipped accent that clung to her speech in the king's common tongue, her manner and bearing were so similar to the other squires Liam had known that he could almost forget that she wasn't just another human servant, tending to the needs of the gathered lords.
