As if he had been waiting for Zach to say just that, Fredrick pulled out a rolled-up paper and spread it out on the table in front of Zach with a wide smile on his glossy face.
Zach glanced back and said to Alzara, who had been standing with her hands on Zach's shoulders,
"Can you fetch me that ink I like to use when signing my name?"
"Of course, Master," Alzara answered with a gentle smile before leaving for a neighboring room. She returned a few moments later with a glass jar of dark ink and a feather quill. She popped off the lid and presented both to Zach, who signed where Fredrick wanted him to sign.
While he was doing that, Nora returned with a hefty cloth bag that clinked and rustled like it was filled with tiny metal pieces each step she took. She put it on the table next to the contract.
"That should be about a thousand gold coins. Feel free to count it," Zach said.
