Alys just sat there , feeling numb. Since her father died, Selendrile had been the only one Alys could trust. He'd saved her life, many more times then she could care to remember. She understood why it had to happen. But it still hurt, even knowing he did it to protect her. She stood up and went to the house they had stayed in the last time she had needed to rest. She went to the bed and collapsed. Exhausted by the day's events. The following day, she woke around noon. She gathered her belongings and headed towards the nearest village she could find. The streets were crowded as the people went about their day's work. She threaded her way through the streets, and found an inn in fairly good condition, she walked through the doors and went up to the innkeeper. "Excuse me." said Alys. The innkeeper was a tall, skinny man. With slightly greying hair. He looked up from the table he was cleaning.

"How may I help you?" Asked the innkeeper, with a friendly smile on his face.

"I was hoping to get a room for the night at least." said Alys. Though she didn't know how she would pay, seeing as there didn't seem to have been anything more then a few copper coins laying about when she'd went back to the abandoned house.

"I charge a silver coin." Said the innkeeper.

"This is all I have." said Alys, offering the copper coins to the innkeeper.

The innkeeper looked at the coins. "I'm afraid that is not enough. Is there anything else you could offer?"

Alys thought for a moment. Then an idea occurred to her. "How about I work for you?" asked Alys.

The innkeeper looked thoughtful. "Well, I could use an extra hand around this place." Said the innkeeper. "Alright. I suppose you can have a job here, let me show you to your room." Alys followed the innkeeper to a room, decent. She put her belongings in the room, then went to the common room to start her new job.