“You realize he’ll never be able to pay us the hundred?” Hadrian asked. “I just didn’t want him to think he was getting off easy.” “You didn’t want him to think Royce Melborn went soft at the sight of a little girl’s tears.” “She wasn’t just any girl, and besides, he saved her from Ambrose Moor. For that alone he earned one life.” “That’s something that has always puzzled me. How is it Ambrose is still alive?”
