Chaos also noticed the couple, recognizing the man as the same one who’d been with Ambassador Muro a few days before. His eyes lingered appreciatively on the black-haired beauty with him, but she was not his priority. Sipping his ale in front of the Boar and Panther, he listened to the catty gossip of the local ladies, amused that so much of it seemed to focus on this couple. It was of some benefit to him when he learned that the man was Senior Master Kilronan, the top protectorate warrior of Mountain Shadows, which accounted for him escorting Muro the other day. Her rank and standing would require the best from the local military.

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This man Kilronan’s team had been assigned as her guard, he remembered. Chaos had not dared to enter the temple or come within a certain range of the Ambassador or her entourage. He was not yet prepared to strike and her ability to sense danger was legendary. Chaos would not risk getting too close before he was ready.