Tessa scanned the list, her eyes moving down the page with focused attention.
Then she looked up and winked.
"Of course. I can get you all of these."
She folded the paper and tucked it into her apron pocket, already moving toward the back storage area of the infirmary.
I followed.
Rowan, obviously, also followed.
I glanced back at him. He was carrying the empty supply tray from earlier with absolutely no convincing reason to still be holding it, his eyes fixed on the back of my head.
"Why are you here?"
"To help." His tone was perfectly neutral.
"We're looking for herbs."
"I know where things are stored."
Tessa glanced back at both of us, her expression perfectly pleasant.
"It's not a big deal, Rowan." she said simply, and pushed open the storage room door.
Rowan followed anyway.
It took most of the day.
The infirmary storage had maybe half of what I needed.
