Waters said as she was let in. "I'll get the noisy part over with as quick aspossible. Then you can get some sleep, dear." "Just like a woman like Dia...ne to hire an inept house keeper who workshours that only give her a couple of hours sleep. No wonder she took heranger out on me and swapped bodies with me. Just like a woman like youto accept such hours." "I accept such hours to make sure my son becomes as good a warlock asDiane and I are witches." The maid glared red at her. "So you don't. I cannot imagine my home without you to fight with,’ he tried to smile, ‘or talk to about Ladda’s silly quilts. ‘I am … I do not wish,’ his voice trailed away, he lifted his stormy eyes up to the roof, the old beams, the beam with the rope hanging down where he and Tashka used to climb up to get to a cache of apples. He bit his lip as hard as he could without breaking the skin and he managed to force the tears back. He took a draught of ale which they had put in a bowl on his tray. Arianna. Dominating the space was an old iron chair that surmounted a platform of wooden planking. Attached to the planking near the floor were several manacled shackles. An assembled mass of cushions upon which she was seated constituted the sleeping arrangements.Narfath took a swig of a jug of looted ale, wiped his mouth and unbuckled his weapon belt.“Delrog was a fool,” he commented as he tossed aside his sword, “When he invaded Kevlava he got his greedy paws on an elven princess, a noted beauty the. She knew that they would find out about her special relationship with Master Stephen eventually, but she had hoped to do it in a subtle way. She knew that her parents would not understand the complexity of the relationship. Hell, she thought to herself, half the time even I don’t understand our relationship. It was a love-hate relationship. She loved it when she was being rewarded and hated it when she was being punished. Jennifer had always known that she was somewhat submissive. She didn’t.