"Nothing wrong, here you go," Eldric said, handing them back to Evie, who released the breath she'd been holding, just to be shocked by his next words. "So what was your young, honourable miss doing at the black market last night?" he asked, looking at Evie directly.
"What black market, sire? We were all at our accommodations last night preparing for our travels. I think you are mistaking us for someone else," she said with only a tiny change in expression. She was a firm believer of 'deny till you die,' and with this era with no mobile phones to capture one's picture, it was his word against theirs, and she was sure no one in their right mind was going to believe two dainty girls and a nine-year-old boy would have any interest or even the ability to just go into a black market.
