Chapter 20: Getting Settled
When the group arrived at The Snake Pitt Inn, they decided they would need to eat before calling it a night; they had a long journey from tomorrow, and there would be no more inns between Kuramji and Direwood forest. Finding themselves a table, Ronan went to the bar to order food, and he returned with three pints.
"And what would the two lovely ladies want to drink?"
"You call this one lovely?" Ger smirked as he looked at Cilv, who returned a glare.
"Wine for me, ’Roach, ’" Cilv mocked; Ronan rolled his eyes then looked over at Evanna, who was not paying attention to the chatter. She seemed to be eyeing the pint in Ger’s hand.
"Raven?" Ronan asked hesitantly; Evanna reached her hand out to grab the pint from Ger, who had lifted the metal tankard to his mouth. He paused when he saw Evanna looking intently at the drink. Sighing, Ger passed it over to her, knowing too well that she would not like it. He did not even think she drank wine before; if she had, it would be ten times better than what could be found here.
Evanna brought the tankard to her lips, and she took a sip tentatively. Ronan and Axel leaned forwards as they once again were watching this very odd princess drink. Their perception of a princess must surely be wrong if she kept surprising them while Ger watched her like it was an everyday occurrence.
The moment she drank from the tankard, the liquid hit her tongue then her throat as the slightly warm drink went down. Her stomach churned at the unwelcome liquid; she stopped herself from gagging.
"Ugh, that is absolutely disgusting. How can you drink that?" Her face scrunched up out of distaste as she placed her hand on her mouth. Everyone, including Cilv, burst out laughing at the princess.
"We never said you should", Axel blurted out in between laughing.