Her hand in his… warm. Callous’ brush her soft ink stained flesh. Her smile as he returns the gesture and his fingers curled about hers, comforting. She pull her hand back and offer a tight tantalizing twist of her full lips before she schooled her features.

“Well, You would know better than I my schedule soon. So I leave the timing of this to you … and if it be too boorish I expect more ale. Captain.”

Ah she were teasing Marco just a little. And left it at that. Turned and spoke to the clerk.

"Signor I think I need to get my supplies now, if you’d be so kind.”

She had much do to and as her nerves were zinging she wanted to share the news before she thought too hard on it and worried. She wanted to organize her bunk, get her sparse belongings moved over and make sure to re arrange her tasks with the Zonatta’s so they could cover all their needs properly.

But before she were utterly out of Marco’s sight she look over Signor Murzano’s shoulder and smile at the Captain.

[THE END]

@William