Guardians & Protectors One and All

          Gemma couldn’t believe it. She realized that her belief that Larin knew all about what went on about them was a fallacy. He may know parts of it, but he didn’t know it all, and he controlled even less.

          Knowing they’d be partners and then he withheld that information from her because they didn’t know each other seemed a little manipulative. But now he and Hugo held weapons to a stranger’s throat, unsure whether she was family or a threat.

          Gemma wasn’t sure what to think or say. She's supposed to be a mage, but she didn’t feel very magical. Is this surprising when she’s supposed to be his significant other and was sure how she felt about that.

          “Now, what do we do? Do we stay here until morning?” Gemma asked. “If she were evil, could she enter the servants’ cott