.. She, I'm pretty sure it was she, meaning another person, well technically the same but-" Cut the evasive crap. Are you sorry?"I paused for just one...moment and said just what really came to mind:"Yeah. I am. She wasn't that bad. Or that crazy. Maybe she was that crazy, but I shouldn't have taken advantage of her like that. That's just like stealing candy from a baby, and believe me, I've been there, I've done that, and it's not all it's cracked up to be." I'll take that as a yes. You can call. . legs" They both looked puzzled, they must have thought this was a wind-up or a trick of some sort. So I said,"If you like my legs so much, perhaps you'd like to see more of me, would you?" They exchanged baffled looks, then the smaller of the two nodded. His friend agreed with him. I got their names from them; the elder was Adam the younger was Terry. They were playing hooky from school. A little like myself. I said,"If you know somewhere private we can go, I can let you see some more of me.". ” She looked to a guard at the door and nodded. “That’s why I’m sure you wouldn't mind if I appoint you a guardian to replace your council, would you?”The guard opened the door and a robed man strode through. He was an old man, bearded and wrinkly, and Jude immediately knew him as a priest.“Cleric Horan,” Lady Ava introduced. “One of the holiest men in the Kingdom of Xeca.” She turned to Jude and her eyes flashed dangerously. “A young man like yourself surely wouldn’t be able to rule all by. They did not need extra time to clean up since they had not actually travelled by carriage the whole way. Before the group had left Aithen Aaron had asked Laura to keep certain information pertaining to him, and Tanith as well, to herself. He did not want his capabilities, or those of Tanith, broadcasted throughout the entire duchy. Laura assured him that she would not even tell her father. Aaron had to trust her on that one, but he held out hope that she would keep her promise.After waiting.