Teryn stopped outside of Goldie's house, dismounting and tying the horse to a stand outside. She walked around back and saw Goldie sitting with Blex. "He's blinded in his right eye," Goldie said without turning to look at the man. "That little bastard blinded him."
"I'm sorry," Teryn said. "Blex, how badly does it hurt?"
The gryphon huffed. "I'm fine. She's being dramatic."
Goldie pursed her lips, standing to face Teryn. "Where is he? I want my turn with him." Teryn simply shook his head, and Goldie started shaking. "You actually let him go? Teryn, you weak fucking soft asshole! Grow a pair and kill someone when they deserve it!"
"You are in no place to be scolding me!" He shouted. "You deliberately disobeyed me! I ordered you to keep on Melissa. She was top priority because she is after Hildegarde's brother! If he dies, I can promise that we will all be killed! She's fucking powerful, so I have a reason behind ordering you to do something!"
"This is so typical," she said, folding her arms. "You can't handle being wrong." Teryn's eyes widened in shock. "Yeah, that's right! You just can't deal with people thinking for themselves."
"I told you he'd be mad," Blex grumbled.
The elf woman laughed in defeat, shrugged dramatically. "Fine," she said. "Whatever. If we had continued after her, we'd be in worse shape than Philip. I made the right call."
Teryn bit his tongue. "This isn't over, but I have to find Fly."
"She's at the Black Candle tavern," Goldie said, sitting back down with Blex. "Doesn't want to be bothered." Teryn nodded and started back to his horse.