Chapter 28 Ask

• Karl received the old lady outside his tents with his wives present. They were each seated on large smooth stones, the glow of the fire between them lighting up their faces, and Karl could see the shadows of his men on night guard duty, standing watch in the dark.
• "Speak," Karl said to the old lady.
• And from her mouth, all that she had told Lexi earlier that day, she repeated the same thing to Karl. Before the old lady went halfway, Karl was annoyed that he kept clenching his hand Into a hard fist, resisting the urge to interrupt the lady, and order his men to ride out to Nestro to seize the kingdom for his wife. He wasn't through with his job here. He had to apply patience, and use the spare time he had to think.