Ilona had her favorite dapple grey mare saddled and another for each of her brothers. They may have had many siblings but Ian had always had a soft spot for Jamie and Nick. They had joined his crew as soon as they were old enough and only recently moved to Ilona's crew. She knew he would be thrilled to see them so she hoped that might soften the blow of everything else he would learn.
Once she and the boys were in their saddles, they took off down the road towards the village. They would travel beyond it to the other side to reach the ocean-side estate of the Duke and Duchess of Edgewood. Lord and Lady Adair.
Ilona still couldn't believe the man she had seen the night before was the famous dragon-fighting Duke.
