The Road to Port Haven

She looked up and, catching the amused glint in his eye, gave him an unwilling, small, wan smile in return. 'All right, Señor Castellan. It's a deal.'

She spent the rest of the day wandering the lands about the Casa and along the lakeshore, feeling curiously detached. By evening she was very tired and went to bed early, and then she slept soundly and deeply for the first time in as long as she could remember.