| 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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