The owner of the voice emerged from the shadows. He was quite a small man,
and Astra
thought that she could take him out readily enough in hand to hand combat.
Unfortunately
he had a crossbow trained on them, which rather loaded the odds. "Well,
well," said the man. "Two ladies
of quality by the look of it." "Do you know who I am?" asked Andrea,
clearly used to
pulling rank to get her own way. Astra groaned inwardly, and nudged her in
the ribs,
but Andrea failed to
take the hint. "I am Lady Andrea Croix and this is Princess Astra
of Aquilaria."
The man chuckled. "Quite a catch," he said. "I am sure that when the news
is passed to
Minestus he will be most interested. Now if you, Andy, will kindly
dismount, and if
you, Astra, will drop your claymore, I will escort you both to a nice
comfortable
dungeon cell, where you can be held whilst I get orders on what is to be
done with you."
Andrea bristled at the man's familiar tone...
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