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Chapter 208

I was surprised when I saw the woman sitting on the edge of a small love seat. I startled her so that she leaped to her feet with a soft squeak until she saw that it was me and not Bernard.

I had expected a pretty, young woman that Bernard favored sexually or perhaps one who was a good moneymaker out on the streets. Instead, I saw an elderly woman who was probably much older than she looked—and she looked pretty damn old.

But she was spry and moved with the speed of someone half her age. Judging by her wrinkles and white hair, I would put her in her seventies.

"My name is Kim, and I'm the Master who runs this safe house. Sorry to have scared you, but I have an angry Council member in the waiting room, and I need to know what's going on."

She wrung her hands nervously but nodded and sounded calm when she spoke. "My name is Lydia. I ran away from Bernard four months ago. I tried to get as far away from him as I could. I heard about you. He and his liege mentioned…" She lowered her ey
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