Chapter 30

I awoke to the sound of Gwendoline arguing with Gondofini.

“Ye will stay away from the lass, if ye know what’s good for ye,” she snapped with her hands placed firmly on her hips.

“I only wish to examine her so I can assure her subjects of her well-being,” he insisted as he attempted to walk around her.

For such a petite woman, Gwendoline made a frustratingly formidable blockage that Gondofini just couldn’t find a way around.

“What subjects might that be?” she asked vehemently.  “’Twouldn’t be Lord Blaise, would it?”

“What’s going on?” I asked as I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes.  “I feel like I’ve been drugged.”

“I have no doubt,” Gwendoline practically hissed.  “Ye ran a risk letting this one walk free.  If ye ask me, I think he’d do well to get locked up alongside cook and his lor