Spellsword (part two)

"Didn't know you had a soft spot for kids, Nix." Hyai teased him as they walked toward the Provost Marshal's HQ. Shana had clung to him like a baby koala; the young girl chattered nonstop the entire time they had been there.

"My defense is weak," he admitted. Bane was supposed to meet them. Then he would escort them to his home. "Why are we stopping at the Provost? We could have gone straight to your daughter's house."

Hyai gave him a helpless shrug. "You're a pretty big deal in the Provost Office Nix. You are a high ranking member of the Knights of Colonial, the person who gave them the very profitable Manta trade and the Guild Leader of a City-State."

Nix sighed, "Am I being set up here?"

Hyai nodded, "only slightly. My daughter pushed it when she found out you were visiting. Bane is up for a promotion to captain. We don't have to go if you're against it."