Albert?!

"They weren't ruffians," cuts in Albert. "They were nobles. Most of them are still alive, in exile. I could not abandon my country. Now I live here." He places the lantern on the table and sheathes his sword.

"But," asks Andrea, "why don't you come home?"

"Andrea, I am five years older than you. When James was born, your father wanted his own son on the throne. He intended to do away with me. Some nobles got word of it and stole me away. That's what caused the war. We lost. I would prefer none know my secret, but do what good I can for my people in this oppressed land. Every now and then your father sends a swordsman to kill me. He knows who I am. It keeps me on the move, but I like it. All I care is that my mother is well. I got her a silver broach a while ago. Did she receive it?"

"Yes," replies Andrea. "She loves it. She says it reminds her of you." She does not mention that it myseriously disappeared a few weeks after her mother received it.

1. Albert gives Andrea a place to sleep, and she sets upon her way the next morning.
2. Andrea decides to stay with Albert and help him fight criminals for a while, especially the ones who killed her driver.
3. Andrea sneaks out in the middle of the night to find a sheriff.

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