comfort and closeness felt so right. I considered lying like that, together, forever. I even forced myself to stay awake longer to enjoy it more fully.
“Drake. Drake, you awake?” Kelsie’s melodious voice cut through the darkness in the room.
“Uh huh.” I was sad to admit it, but yes, I was.
“Okay, so, earlier I overheard the Magistrate buy over two kilograms of coffee from a trader that just got to the Guild today. Not only did he buy a fortune in coffee, he also bought all the coffee the trader had. Which means none for us.”
I was scowling in the dark. “Well, that sucks.”
“My thoughts exactly. So, I can’t sleep. Do you want to maybe, I dunno, sneak into his house and grab some?” Her voice had taken on a very mischievous tone.
I thought about it. It wouldn’t do to get caught breaking into the Magistrate’s house. Especially after his wife had hired me. “So, you want to steal coffee from the Magistrate. You’re crazy.”
“Not steal, liberate. You know, since he bought it all before anyone else could get any. The selfish jerk. This would be a kind of justice for us.”
I snorted. “Liberate? Are we planning on dividing up the coffee between everyone? Because it wouldn’t go very far if we did.”
“No! I’m not in the mood to be magnanimous. I just want some coffee, and we’re almost out! Come on, Drake. I can’t do it without you!”
I rolled over and buried my face in the pillow. Kelsie grabbed my shoulder and shook it. Reluctantly I pushed myself up on an elbow. “So, am I to get that you’re going to do this whether I come or not?”
The bed rocked as Kelsie nodded emphatically. “Yup.”
“Damn,” I muttered. “Okay, okay. Give me five to get ready. I’ll meet you at the door.”
She bounced out of bed and to her room. I slid out from under the covers and tried not to remember its comfortable embrace as I stretched. Kelsie was sure getting crazier and crazier.
Holding the position that I did in the Guild, I wasn’t restricted to curfews like most of the others. That meant that whoever was with me got away with it as well. In this case, Kelsie.
That meant that, in the dark, we’d basically been able to just walk out in the open until we got within about a block of the Magistrate’s house.
“Let’s hold up here,” I said, dropping to a crouch behind a bush. We could make out the Magistrate’s house in the distance through the darkness.
Kelsie dropped down next to me.
“Okay,” I started. “What’s the plan?”
She gave me an incredulous look. “Why are you asking me? This is what your job is!”
“So? You’re the one that wanted to do it. I came just to give you moral support while you dash in, grab the coffee, and get out. Oh, and if you get caught, I totally don’t know you.”
Kelsie elbowed my stomach, causing me to “oomph.” “Right, like they’d believe that. Everyone knows we’re roommates.”
“You seriously need to quit hitting me. You never know when I might start hitting back!” I said playfully.
“You wouldn’t hit a girl!”
“Hey, if the girl is hitting me first, I might have to protect myself.” I grinned, knowing I’d never give her anything more than a little love tap. None of this hard hitting she was doing to me.
“You like it, don’t try to deny it,” Kelsie whispered as she turned back to face the Magistrate’s house.
Kelsie finally convinced me to take the lead on this. I consented only because if her inexperience got us caught, that would ruin my day. So it was like another day at work for me. Only, this time it was inside my own Guild, which raised the stakes considerably.
I outlined the plan to her. It was quick and easy since there really wasn’t much of one. Checking that the area was clear, I sprinted at a crouch across the open street to the bushes around the Magistrate’s house. One thing worked to my advantage: I’d been inside the house only hours before, and the layout was fresh in my
“Drake. Drake, you awake?” Kelsie’s melodious voice cut through the darkness in the room.
“Uh huh.” I was sad to admit it, but yes, I was.
“Okay, so, earlier I overheard the Magistrate buy over two kilograms of coffee from a trader that just got to the Guild today. Not only did he buy a fortune in coffee, he also bought all the coffee the trader had. Which means none for us.”
I was scowling in the dark. “Well, that sucks.”
“My thoughts exactly. So, I can’t sleep. Do you want to maybe, I dunno, sneak into his house and grab some?” Her voice had taken on a very mischievous tone.
I thought about it. It wouldn’t do to get caught breaking into the Magistrate’s house. Especially after his wife had hired me. “So, you want to steal coffee from the Magistrate. You’re crazy.”
“Not steal, liberate. You know, since he bought it all before anyone else could get any. The selfish jerk. This would be a kind of justice for us.”
I snorted. “Liberate? Are we planning on dividing up the coffee between everyone? Because it wouldn’t go very far if we did.”
“No! I’m not in the mood to be magnanimous. I just want some coffee, and we’re almost out! Come on, Drake. I can’t do it without you!”
I rolled over and buried my face in the pillow. Kelsie grabbed my shoulder and shook it. Reluctantly I pushed myself up on an elbow. “So, am I to get that you’re going to do this whether I come or not?”
The bed rocked as Kelsie nodded emphatically. “Yup.”
“Damn,” I muttered. “Okay, okay. Give me five to get ready. I’ll meet you at the door.”
She bounced out of bed and to her room. I slid out from under the covers and tried not to remember its comfortable embrace as I stretched. Kelsie was sure getting crazier and crazier.
Holding the position that I did in the Guild, I wasn’t restricted to curfews like most of the others. That meant that whoever was with me got away with it as well. In this case, Kelsie.
That meant that, in the dark, we’d basically been able to just walk out in the open until we got within about a block of the Magistrate’s house.
“Let’s hold up here,” I said, dropping to a crouch behind a bush. We could make out the Magistrate’s house in the distance through the darkness.
Kelsie dropped down next to me.
“Okay,” I started. “What’s the plan?”
She gave me an incredulous look. “Why are you asking me? This is what your job is!”
“So? You’re the one that wanted to do it. I came just to give you moral support while you dash in, grab the coffee, and get out. Oh, and if you get caught, I totally don’t know you.”
Kelsie elbowed my stomach, causing me to “oomph.” “Right, like they’d believe that. Everyone knows we’re roommates.”
“You seriously need to quit hitting me. You never know when I might start hitting back!” I said playfully.
“You wouldn’t hit a girl!”
“Hey, if the girl is hitting me first, I might have to protect myself.” I grinned, knowing I’d never give her anything more than a little love tap. None of this hard hitting she was doing to me.
“You like it, don’t try to deny it,” Kelsie whispered as she turned back to face the Magistrate’s house.
Kelsie finally convinced me to take the lead on this. I consented only because if her inexperience got us caught, that would ruin my day. So it was like another day at work for me. Only, this time it was inside my own Guild, which raised the stakes considerably.
I outlined the plan to her. It was quick and easy since there really wasn’t much of one. Checking that the area was clear, I sprinted at a crouch across the open street to the bushes around the Magistrate’s house. One thing worked to my advantage: I’d been inside the house only hours before, and the layout was fresh in my
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