Chapter # 27

It was getting darker, and the mellow glow of lanterns was getting stronger with every passing moment. Zubie, after drinking and eating some solid bread fell asleep right where she was sitting.

"Oi Lass! Get us some mugs of the finest drink you serve!"

Zubie woke up, rubbing her sleepy eyes to get a better view of the stranger standing beside her. "Coming right up!"

A man, with a tuff of curls that were pinned down over his head, was standing beside her. "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing!"

The man disappeared, leaving her to admire the wooden patterns on the counter. "You woke up, you must be torn to have fallen asleep like that."

"Things have been unstable."

The woman was sympathetic, "You looked tired, why not go back home."

"Believe me, if I could I wouldn't be here."