But when Princess Erosyn didn't appear after a few minutes, Allie nudged Adam."The bitch be gone, methinks," she said."What?" Adam muttered, peeved at...having his sleep disturbed."The Princess," Allie restated. "She's with us no more. Her horse is there. I would have heard that. She were there whilst you and me played last night. I caught her with her fingers in the sugar bowl, if ye know what I mean. Now she ain't."Adam, still nude, jumped to his feet and found his sword. For the next several. . much time. Atmosphere failing. we ... we can’t, n ... not like you.” Passing out Drivas’s head lolled to one side.Almost panicking, Sam faded at the bulkhead, then the ship started to accelerate. A wormhole opened as the ship moved in. Less than a minute later, it exited near Queen Triada’s world.Sam set the ship down a ways off from the others. Ripping the hatch off, Sam laid a hand on both females. Within moments, they were both conscious though in much pain. A mere minute later, the pain. So we were walking around the campus just trying to be alone together to sort through some troubles we were having, and of course when we FINALLY got comfortable enough to tlk everyone started to show up so we decide to sneak into the school through the auditorium window to get some quiet. so we were sitting in the back row of seats in the huge echoing auditorium tlking, when i put my arm over her shoulder and pull her closer to me so i can rest my head on hers. she sighs slowly and tells me. "The name felt like a physical punch to the blond boy's stomach. Hecrouched in on himself, trying to find that spark of anger and defiancethat had kept him going for so long. Allowed him to keep separate fromthat name, and these dresses, no matter how deep he went into thedisguise.It was useless. The spark had gone out. All that remained was a tinyreserve of stubbornness, not a spark or a flame but a stagnant pool thatwould soon be drained away. He would become Cinder Elli, for good, athis.