Timothy Cook stared at the stranger in front of him—well, she had a name, Iola. And she was someone he took in because she both complained about him ignoring her and her not having anywhere else to turn to. All the jewels and expensive items she gave him were still in his bag and not yet exchanged… but even they were secondary to his desire to help her because she needed it.
But now came the truth of the situation. The two of them couldn't ignore this situation and pretend like it never happened. The dead rats were in their places, and it was a good thing that it was only rats… what would he have done if something like a Griffin or a Wyvern swept into the Deworan Tower and caused a wreck?
Someone else would have intervened, and it would have her presence revealed.
