"Yeah, the contract that binds me in service to the Ninth House," says Gideon. "It's why I became a cavalier. Harrow told me—um. I was told that if I accompanied my necromancer to Caanan House and solved some musty old riddles I'd be free to go wherever I wanted. Turned out to be a fucking bait and switch, but like, by the Emperor Undying, not by the House, so whatever. Moot point now." She's not mad at Harrow for that. She's not mad at Harrow at all, and hasn't been for months, even before she came here, and that's up there with the weirdest fucking aspects of her life.
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Date: 2024-04-15 10:14 pm (UTC)