
“How in the hell did you know I had that?”
“Thief’s intuition,” Jalara said with a grin.
“Well,” Zidiena replied “You just ruined a part of your gift that I was going to give you for completing your first year at the college.”
For a split second her eyes widened in horror, but she frowned at the Imperial. “You lie,” she said. “If anything, you would have brought me garnet.”
“I may have, I may not have,” Zidiena glared at Jalara, ” What’s it to you?”
“I’m willing to wager that you haven’t earned a single piece of gold in your purse.”