"Will you agree to their request?" When he did not immediately respond, she'd asked again. "Well? Will you?"
He'd been warming himself over the firepit when the door swung open hard, crashing into the wall behind it. No doubt the innkeeper would come running. No doubt he would receive the tongue-lashing, and not the lady. He quelled a sigh before it could escape and worry her further. Apprehension already made her face tense and her gaze wide. She stood twisting her hands into knots, waiting.
He resumed his previous stance, considered his next words carefully. Much was at stake here.
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