"Wait a minute Edgar, slow down." She said, pulling her hand away from his. "I have a few items I would like to collect from my room. And I am not moving another step until you explain to me what is happening."
He sighed in exasperation. "Then let me give you a short version. There is a mob on the way here to burn down the Wintershold mansion."
"W-what? Why would they do that?"
Because they know about the Baron's death and they have no intention of letting his son take power and repeat the same horrors again.
The citizens are revolting. It is said someone also witnessed Aaron kill three men today.
Hildie's breath hitched at the news. She now understood Sonya's words and why she had steered her away from the town's center.
"Please, Miss Hildie, we must hurry and change your clothes. That approaching crowd is filled with anger and they might direct it towards us as well. It's better not to risk finding out."
