Part 61a - Aftermath - the Blue Rose
Some time during the night, the storm died down to something a little more reasonable.
The wind, while still fairly strong, no longer threatens to tear apart the stone city of Cadiniagart, the lightning has stopped, and the rain is not quite so torrential.
In the early light, people are moving about the city, cleaning up the scattered wreckage of their homes and businesses. For some, though, there is a little disappointment this morning. The gallows was, it seems, destroyed by a particularly fierce gust, shortly before midnight. The much-anticipated hanging of the murderous Amberite spy has been delayed.
At the Blue Rose, Donovan works at his morning routine with his usual zeal. Most of his guests had returned safely the night before and, by way of celebration, the innkeeper had given them a good supper, complete with hot, mulled cider, all free of charge. To make matters even better, the improved weather means that most of the servants have appeared for work this morning.
The innkeeper is actually singing as he prepares for breakfast.
Of course, he might not be singing so cheerfully, if he were somehow made aware of the bundle which was smuggled into Luke's room last night...