Chapter 271

• Adjusting.
• Ajax and Rose returned to Tarnun's home. No... my home... I guess... Ajax mentally corrected himself. Geez... what am I going to tell my family? Hi, I'm moving to the mountains to live in a cave dwelling that I killed a Minotaur over? Oh, and meet my new girlfriend-slash-slave who is a Winter Fae. He wanted to commit himself over that line of thought as it sounded crazy to him. Then it dawned on him that he probably wouldn't be able to leave now that he knew of this place.
• He looked around the dimly lit dwelling. It finally dawned on him that the soft glow of torches that were close to the ceiling had to be magical as there was no other way they could still be lit after the meeting with Kurdor and the subsequent funeral ritual. The furnishings were modest but sized for someone eight foot tall. The whole thing reminded him of a studio apartment that was Spartan in decorations. A large tanned hide dominated one wall that had an impressive landscape painted on it. Nearby was a easel with paints that looked like they were created with all natural ingredients. Over in the corner was the bed... or what passed as a bed. It was set off only a foot or two off the ground but it was covered with pillows and furs.