"Hunter," I said in a gust of breath, my hand rising to rest over my racing heart. "What on earth are you doing out here?" He bowed, and that too was familiar, until the hat returned to his head and he was once again a petite and unremarkable little human man. I'd seen such illusions used before, but this one was especially good and so shockingly at odds with his appearance—another mark of this orc's wealth.
