Chapter 406: A Terrible Idea
Lysaila opened the tavern’s doors and slithered out into the dark snowstorm without hesitation. Kithina hesitated, reluctant to walk back into the frigid cold, but in the end, she followed, albeit with some grumbling. Callum walked out without a word, smiling from ear to ear. He was too happy about securing passage across Hoarfrost Bay to even care about the cold.
“Lysaila, my dear serpentine companion, we are friends are we not?” Kithina asked with chattering teeth.
“You’re the only friend I have in this damned realm, you know that, Kitty,” Lysaila said offhandedly, without glancing back at her.
“Then why the blazes are we out in this godforsaken storm!?” Kithina yelled.
“Because I don’t want a bunch of loose-lipped sailors to hear us talk about our secret plans moving forward,” Lysaila answered before slithering towards a dark alley behind the tavern and stables.
Kithina stopped in her tracks. “Secret plans? What secret plans? Hey, wait up!”
Lysaila waited for them in the empty alley until they were standing next to each other in darkness.
“So what’s this secret plan about? Because if it has anything to do with Captain Greyson he’ll probably end up charging us more gold,” Callum said.
“No, it’s not that. Listen closely,” Lysaila leaned in and whispered. “The truth is—” Her azure tail suddenly lashed out like a whip into the empty darkness.