"Thank you," she said, flinging a bright smile over her shoulder at him. "I'm proud of it." It wasn't far at all from the creek to her property line. The neighbors didn't care at all if she wandered all over their place as long as she shared any fish she caught and kept an eye out for stray sheep or anything that might decide to eat stray sheep.
The back gate swung open without her even touching it to reveal her little garden patch and the chicken coop tucked neatly in the corner of the fenced area. The cottage itself was covered in ivy and roofed with thatch. She opened the back door and waved Lance inside. "Make yourself at home. I'm going to go put on some clothes. Hot oil and near nakedness is a bad combination."