Chapter 112: Delicious
After a moment, Ronan leaned forward, resting his arms on the table. "Can I ask you something?"
Riven glanced up. "Sure."
"How did you end up in the Snow Leopard’s territory?" His voice was soft, but there was a subtle intensity behind it.
Riven looked down at the table for a moment, his expression growing distant. "It was after I ran away," he said slowly. "I did not know where to go, so I just kept walking. Eventually, I ended up in a town. Small, kind of like this one."
He shrugged and continued, "I was starving. I had been running for a while. I saw a bar and thought I might be able to get something—anything. But it was a mistake. It was one of those shady places where people don’t ask questions, and I didn’t have money. They figured I was an easy target."
Riven looked at the ceiling as if trying to remember the exact details.
"I think someone forced my hands behind me and tied them up. Next thing I knew, I was in a cage. I don’t know how long I was in that cage in that rattling carriage, but eventually, Soren bought me." Riven explained. Well, that was not fully accurate. Soren did not buy him from those men... They procured the ’item’ for Soren.
Ronan’s fists clenched on the table. "What was the name of the town?"
Riven blinked. "What?"
"The town. Where you were taken."
"I think it was called... Willow Bend? Something like that."
