Chapter 463: This Gateless Paradise
Tala tried to hold in her nervous excitement as she waited in Mistress Holly’s waiting room.
It was as well appointed and clean as always, with sparse decorations just slightly shifting the ambience from being strictly utilitarian toward comfortable.
The attendant behind the counter gave her a nervous glance every so often, offering more coffee every second or third glance.
It was good coffee, well brewed for drinking black, so Tala took him up on the refill almost every time… It hadn’t been that long, but she’d still drunk too much coffee.
-You think?-
What? I’m nervous, coffee calms me down.
Alat gave a derisive snort within Tala’s head. -Sure it does.-
It had been almost an hour, and Mistress Holly had warned that it could take anywhere from half an hour to three, depending on several unforeseeable variables.
-Nothing we can do will change the outcome, Tala. It’s better to just—- Alat cut off abruptly, causing Tala to hitch mid-sip and sit up straighter.