ne Co

n on Harding and Ginny's faces, a co

ly. At the words, I saw

shops, and assets in her name.

d in the silent

yes wide with shock and the panic of a thief about to be exp

omposure shattering. "Those properti

r arm. She fell silent, but her ches

, cornered fury. "What nonsense are you spouti

a neatly folded piece of parchment. In this world, legally binding document

cript, was a detailed list of my mother's

ng smoothly. "The originals are in two places: one in t

in commercial street, with an annual income of no less than five thousand gold coins. Three hundre

ny stopped breathing. It was the Wallace Pack's most profi

n here, in black and white. This is my mother's private property,

"Impossible! That's impossible! It

mbezzling the inheritance your late wife left for her daughter... if word of

new I was right. In the tradition-bound society of wer

nt?" he finally asked,

rp thing. "I told you

ingers. "I'm givi

his document with the Elder Council. If I don't send them a confirmation letter by the third d

hite. Harding's han

luffing," I said

the ownership documents, and all the profits from these past

long with the story of how you've 'cared' for your late wi

as lord. I'm afraid the entire Wallace Pack

r, her face ashen. This was a deat

d with a murderous rage, but he was

. "Oh, and one more thing. I want a document, signe

eline Cobb, will have no conn

otine. Harding shot to his feet, his f

you?" he roared. "You

d deadly. "You're still in reach of the Eld

into fists, shaking with rage, but he di

"You think you've won? You think you can

k," I said ca

ng, than the demand for money. It was a compl

n their faces, feeling nothing but the

eave the suff

assume? For the next three days, I'll be

I walked toward the stairs,

s already ov

no othe