"What exactly does Lady Ashlynn mean when she says that High Lord Dirar might want to 'settle old debts'?" Erling asked, looking up from the fire to meet Reynold's stormy gaze. "Did she give you any ideas?"
"I don't know," Reynold said, frowning as he recalled the brief, private conversation that he had with Lady Ashlynn after she'd finished speaking to his parents. "She asked me if I was as good with a lance as my brother, Rain, and if I'd brought my armor with me."
There had been more to it than that. Reynold's mother had pleaded for the return of her second son, and Ashlynn had agreed to release him, but not before explaining the extent of Rain's transgressions during his time in the Vale of Mists. From fighting a duel with Sir Ollie to insulting Ashlynn at her own dinner table, she'd laid it all bare and made it clear to both Peigi and Tybal how restrained his punishments had been.
