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CHAPTER 14
Although I felt absolutely ridiculous being carried like a child, I enjoyed the wind in my hair and the adrenaline rush from traveling at the speed of shadows. Bennett continued to carry me until we landed in front of a small inn with a crooked sign and peeling paint.
Charming.
“We’ll stay here for the night,” Bennett said softly, gently placing my feet on the ground.
“Although guessing from the appearance, I don’t think it would cost much,” I said, a bit breathless, “we still don’t have any money to pay for a room.”
Bennett gave me a mischievous glance, pulling a puch of coins from his pocket. “Who said we don’t have any money?”
I snagged the pouch from his hand, “Why didn’t you use this when we were getting thrown into the ring?”
“Probably because I stole this from Armond.”
My eyes widened as I felt like our luck may be turning around. “You did not!”
He simply shrugged. “Well, I figured you needed some kind of reward for winning that fight.”
My cheeks heated at Bennett’s admission of defeat and a proud smile was stuck to my face as I led us into the inn.
The inn was small with an old, rustic feel. Dark wood and low lighting. A cool breeze seeped in through the cracks, making me shiver. We walked to the young man working at the bell stand and placed our bag of coins on the desk.
“Two rooms, please,” Bennett asked.
The man looked at us apologetically as he said, “I’m sorry, but we only have one room left. . .”
I laughed, like actually laughed. My smile grew as I laughed until my stomach hurt because of course there would only be one room. After everything that just happened the stars would allow this one last jab at my spirit. Tears filled my eyes and I glanced at Bennett and found a smile placed there as well.
He shook his head and rolled his eyes. “You should laugh more, too.”
I looked at him questioningly. “I do laugh, Bennett.”
“Not with me,” he spoke quietly, a soft smile still set on his face.
There was a bit of an awkward silence before Bennett turned to the man and said, “We’ll take the one room.”
He handed us a small key with a tag attached to it displaying the number 12, but hesitated slightly. He looked me up and down, then said, “Ma’am, you’re not supposed to be out after dark. I’m technical supposed to report something like this.”
Bennett gave him a glare that promised death. “We’re travers from a distant kingdom. I don’t think it’s very wise to report guests. Do you?”
The innkeeper cleared his throat and handed the keys off quickly. “I suppose you’re right.” H gave an uncomfortable laugh before slowly walking away from us and shutting himself in the back office.
I followed behind Bennett silently through the old inn and up the rickety staircase to where the rooms were. My muscles ached with each step I took, and I couldn’t wait to sleep on a soft bed and finally relax.
We passed all of the rooms until we stumbled upon what had to be room twelve since it was between eleven and thirteen, but the ‘2’ had fallen off from where it was originally supposed to be hung.
Bennett opened the door and the hinges creaked as we took in the room we were staying in for the night. There was a small window that showed snow on the windowsill, and the room was decorated in an old floral wallpaper that was peeling at the corners.
My eyes fell upon the center of the room to where one bed stood, taking up most of the floor space.
As the bed took up most of the space. . .
The bed—
I’m not sure why I assumed there would be two beds, but it never crossed my mind until now that we would have to share one.
The stars hate me.
