AARYN
"The… what?!" Elreth's eyes widened and she blinked.
"They must have found Hannah. I just intercepted a messenger galloping through the wood to get you. Get up, Elreth, you've got a meeting to get to."
She blinked again, then cleared her throat. "We have a meeting to get to, you mean," she said as she pushed the furs back and stood to get dressed.
"I'm not sure—"
"If this is about the disformed, I'll need you there. And if it's not, it won't hurt to get your input."
"What else could it be? I just pray they don't know you hid it from them!"
Elreth sucked in a breath, her fingers flying on the buttons of her leathers. Then she twisted her hair into a bun and pulled on the shirt. It was still open when she turned for the door of the bedchamber and urged him to come with her.
"There's a guard in the Great room!" he hissed as she stepped into the short hallway with her buttons still undone.
