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"Did someone hurt you out there? Were you attacked before the rogues discovered you in the alley?"

Her answer was long in coming. "No. I wasn't attacked."

"You want to explain all that blood on your coat over there? Or why are you living in a part of the tower where you feel the need to carry around this kind of hardware?"

She held her head in her hands, her voice a rough whisper. "None of your business, I don't want to explain anything. Please, Elfar. I wish you hadn't come here. Just, please... you have to leave now."

He exhaled a sharp laugh and murmured in her mind. 'I just saved your sweet little ass, witch. I don't think it's too much to ask that you tell me why I had to.'

'It was a mistake. I didn't mean to be out past dark. I know the dangers.' She looked up, gave a vague lift of her slim shoulder. 'Things just took a little longer than I anticipated.'