In their dark-colored cloaks, the five young women slipped through the streets towards their destination as quietly as they could. The King's soldiers protected this city and its inhabitants. If they saw such lovely girls out at night alone they might ask them where they were coming from and where they were going. Both questions better left unanswered.
At last, they came to Uncle Win's and up the stone steps to the heavy wooden door. Delaney knocked and I window slid open just long enough to see it was the before sliding closed. The door opened to reveal a mountain of a man named Cecil. He let people in and out of the card club and settled any disputes that came up. He rarely had to though. Just his presence was enough to dissuade an intelligent person.
