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The force of his words ht she to believe him? Object? Walk on? Call for help? Give a command?

He reht she had offered hiold torque "To rule, you must lead, Sister," he said softly, "or else stand aside"

Annoyance flared "Where is your gold torque, Brother?"

"I left it with my wife"

"Who does not ride with you, I see"

"Who does not ride with me, as you see"

"Lady help us, did she abandon you and the child? Just as your ly "Alas, you and Father have left yourselves at the lant kne to play this galy of your own blessed mother, Queen Sophia, for she was always kind to s they said of her were true"

Sapientia flushed bright red She called to her ladies and strode off after Bayan

Heribert stepped up beside hih And ill gotten, ive me, for it’s true she was always kind to me It was the Wendish clerics ould persist in never trusting her, just because she was Arethousan"

Blessing’s childish giggle rang out, and she slid out from under the curtains, tuet to her She allowed Anna to dust off the knees of her leggings and straighten her sleeves but hadn’t a chance to speak before Sanglant lifted her up

"That was rashly done, Daughter!"

Her sweet little face treer made tears well up in her eyes as she stared up at hiht as well stick your hand into a nest of wasps as crawl in where you’re forbidden to go!"

"But--"

"Nay, I’ll hear noYou here you were not per permission Because of that, youback to my tent and see that she stays there the rest of the day Matto can help Lord Thieuard over her Do please kindly recall that you take orders frohter, who is after all barely more than an infant"

"Y-yes, race to blush

Blessing began to shriek in protest, then broke down into hiccuping snivels as Sanglant handed her brusquely into Anna’s arrasped one of her little hands in his and caught her chin with the other, so that she had to look at hih ca like a helpless child taken prisoner in war? You’ll take the punishment you earned, and you’ll take it proudly"

She gulped several tier swelled, easy to see as she screwed up her mouth in a pout She bit back several protests, then, finally, squirrasp and marched aith her back stiff and her hands clenched in fury Anna and Thieo," said Heribert softly at his side

"Nay,the blow I can’t trust you with her when she’s in this , you’ll run out and fetch her honey cakes, anything to sweeten the punish"

"Well," said Sapientia, sauntering up with an ill-disguised smirk on her face She had seen the altercation and now returned with Bayan in ti "I trust we have seen more here than we had cared to see" She turned to her husband "There are perhaps a score of slaves in the wholeI’ll have my stewards take care of the matter I trust we may leave the rest to rot in their chains" She indicated the Qulant?"

Bayan kept quite still, neither speaking nor showing any elant thought it prudent to retire fro road, hunting Bulkezu," he agreed lant hat she evidently considered regal command "Now that you have come to aid us with your troops, youMachteburg the day after" She beckoned to her attendants and she and Bayan athered, et a closer look at their commanders