He bowed now at the waist, his broad shoulders blocking out the room as I stared. "I apologize for the deception. I don't fault you your caution, my lady. I only wanted to get you off the streets before one of Birsha's men found you." "Asterion has offered his house to the women who escaped The Seven Veils," Lillian murmured, but I couldn't tear my gaze from the minotaur.
