A Promise Fulfilled

Mendez contemplates the seductive woman sleeping beside him. He’s not been outside his rooms for nearly a week.
The bandit Quivira has proved to be a willing and able bed mate, but Mendez begins to feel the familiar yearning for adventure.
He smiles, that while in the arms of such a fiery beauty, he finds himself thinking of the less than comely Durin.
Calling for breakfast and fresh clothes, Mendez starts his preparations to leave.