I saw Aletenus del ___ sitting by himself at the back of the Duck’s Claw tavern. The richest knight in the town, no one approached him without good reason.

There were no guards. No one to stop me.

I smiled as I hooked a chair over from the table next to him. I also ignored his look and the one from the other table.

I pulled out a crumpled scrap of (paper) and straightened it out in front of me.

“People more intelligent than me tell me you’re looking for a Hand.”