The Pack's Rebels
“This is my brother, Talen, just returned from his latest expedition.”
“Well met,” Redmon Summit grasped Thaelen’s hand warmly. “It is truly a pleasure. This calls for whiskey. Come join me,” he tossed the reins to one of the gardeners. “Tell Simen that Mr Gawaine is here to collect Ms Gawaine’s order. Come this way, gentlemen,” he gestured towards the house.
“I’m not really respectable,” Thaelen demurred. He had no wish to drink whiskey with a man from Alden who was involved in slave labor in the form of convicts, and whose wife was so decidedly unpleasant.