"I know not what you mean,mistress." Without warning, she swung around her dainty hand and slapped him hardon his face! The sound echoed throughout t...e room and she now stoodbefore him, furious. "How dare you! Mistress indeed! You come intoour presence boasting of your masculinity, then prove your true genderby an inability to walk in the manner befitting a man! Then, to divertour scrutiny, you offend me by calling me mistress! You may dress likea male, have your hair done in a male. Ask for something else.’ ‘You may not refuse, milady. If you do, you will break the contract, and the very magic you wield will turn against you. I ask you a third time: Will you grant this?’ The Sorceress gritted her teeth. ‘Very well. Let it be so.’ She braced herself, but even so the blast of dust entering her nose and mouth rocked her head back against the back of the chair. When it was done, she coughed once, and spat. ‘There. Are you satisfied?’ He chuckled. ‘No, but that is my last boon.. You indicated that we needed to talk. What's up?" I don't know. I mean, I feel..." Confused, lost, cornered, frightened, scared." Yeah. How did you know?" I've been around a little you know. I know how I felt 17 years ago when Mel was pregnant for Robbie. Just because I'm a guy doesn't mean that I don't have feelings." Sorry. I guess I'm still in a fog over this. I'm not sure I'm ready to be a mommy." So you're going to keep the baby?" I don't know. I guess I have time to think about it." That. Wheezing with the exertion, the Castellan climbed after her. A body of armed men approached, mostly foot soldiers, led by four men on horses."The banner of the Erlenburgs," the Castellan advised her, and he saw a smile on the lips of the Lady.The men halted out of reach, and a single horseman, a reddish blonde giant of a man, rode on and blew his horn, signalling his approach. Before any of her advisers reacted, Barbara took off her veil and shouted down."I am Barbara of Meiningen. What is your.