Chapter 16: A Peculiar Habit

The village chief's house in Smallstone Village had five large rooms.
The main house in the middle was occupied by the chief and his wife, while the two rooms at the back were for their son and daughter. The remaining east and west side rooms were empty.
The two side rooms were quite far apart.
The scrawny village chief allowed Adrian Waller and Juliana Mabbett to pick their rooms. Juliana chose the east side room, while Adrian took the west side.
As they passed through...