Flash Fiction #356 -- Connor of Northgate/40

Chapter Twelve"He can't mean to keep me on as Lord Northgate," Connor said, sitting at the desk in the rooms he'd been assigned.  "That's just not possible."The others looked at him as though he had gone crazy.  Druce, Nylia, Erlis, Liam -- even Antisha stared with disbelief."Why not?" Nylia asked."I'm human!" he all but shouted.  The servant, just coming into the room, gave him an odd