Fitch swallowed his terror. "No, sir. Nothing. I swear. Just that Minister
Chanboor smiled at me. He's a great man, the Minister. I'm thankful that a
man so great as he would ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE give work to a worthless Haken such as myself."
The corners of Dalton Campbell's mouth turned up just enough ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE that ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE Fitch
thought the aide might be pleased by what he'd heard. His fingers drummed
along the length of the brass crossguard of his sword. Fitch stared at the
lordly weapon. He felt driven to speak into the ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE silence.
"I want to be good and be a worthy member of the household. To ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE work hard.
To earn my keep."
The smile widened. "That is indeed good to know. You seem a fine young
man. Perhaps, since ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE you are so earnest in your desire, I could count on
you?"
Fitch wasn't sure exactly what he was to be counted
on for, but he gave a
"Yes, sir" anyway, and without hesitation.
"Since you swear you didn't ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE see anything on your way back to the ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE kitchen,
you are proving to ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE me that you are a lad of potential. ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE Perhaps one who
could be entrusted with more responsibility."
"ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE Responsibility, sir?"
Dalton Campbell's dark eyes gleamed with a terrifying, incomprehensible
intelligence, the kind Fitch imagined the mice must see in the eyes of the
house cats.
"We sometimes ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE have need of people desiring to move up in the household. We
ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE will see. Keep
yourself vigilant against the lies of people wishing to
bring disrepute to the Minister, and we will see."
&ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE quot;Yes, sir. ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE I'd not like to hear anyone say anything ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE against the Minister.
He's a ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE good man,
the Minister. I hope the rumors I've heard are true, that
one day we might be blessed enough by the Creator that ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE Minister Chanboor
would become Sovereign."
Now the aide's smile truly did take hold. "Yes, I ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE do ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE believe you have
potential. Should you hear ATLANTA INDEPENDENT ESCORT GFE any ... lies, about the Minister, I would
appreciate knowing about it." He gestured toward the stairs. "Now, you had
best