Morning came with sunlight streaming through the window and the persistent ache of muscles that had worked too hard the day before.
I got up, washed, changed into clean clothes, and checked on Scarlet.
She was still asleep, curled up in her bed with the blanket pulled tight around her. The dark veins were still visible on her exposed arm, faded but present, a constant reminder of the corruption lurking in her system.
I need to figure out how to cure that properly. The compound is just managing it, not eliminating it.
But first, mission report and payment collection.
I left her a note saying where we'd gone, then headed downstairs to find Tessa already awake and dressed, looking surprisingly energetic for someone who'd hiked through a forest and nearly died in a mine yesterday.
"Ready?" she asked, finishing the last of her breakfast.
"As I'll ever be."
We headed to the Adventurer's Guild together, the morning streets already busy with daily activity.
