A week later, I was in the market with Pelleas, buying meat from the butcher for the temple. Pelleas did not let me go anywhere alone, and while part of me disliked his hovering, I enjoyed his company.

Before all of this, we had never spent more than an evening or a night together, and those were few and far between. Now he was glued to me like my shadow, haunting my every step.

"You know I could easily hunt for game for the temple, you don't have to buy ...