Chapter 8 The Blade, The Beast, And The Stranger

[XENA]
What is he doing here? And who is he, really?
He’s no longer wearing that patched, tattered cloak from the temple. Now he’s dressed in a robe embroidered with gemstones that catch the sunlight like fire. And the carriage they arrived in… it looks royal. It’s four times the size of the one Cassian and I used to travel here to Crescent Ash.