“ I’m here to defend you. ” Lochlan states gruffly, brandishing his sword so the steel captured the moonlight. “ Please just let me do my job. ”
“Within my own walls?” Coren laughed aloud at the taller man. “Just because my father doesn’t wish me to be alone while he accompanies the King in the North doesn’t mean I need a babysitter.” He chewed the inside of his cheek and looked the man up and down. He didn’t wish to get his ass handed to him by a man twice his size in a duel, but he figured they could do something fun to pass the time. “If I ordered you to have fun, what would be your first choice? And don’t say standing here watching me. Remember, we’re paying you for your time, not your banality.”











