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They showed the prince and princess fighting monsters The real-life Crispins and Lialas were dressed the satrolls She wished Father could see her now

Bryn gave the signal for attack The rocket crews slaroups ht, each with its own mission They returned salutes In different circumstances they would have returned kisses That was hardly appropriate

Liala consulted her h the trees to a warehouse stacked with ray guns A guard post had been taken out by rockets but six orHer mission was to eliminate the trolls and seize the weapons

She had four Lialas and five Crispins

'Who's fought trolls before?'

No one answered Liala wondered if they had heard There was a lot of noise and everyone had their heads down as they dashed over the scorched ground towards the shattered reot there

'I need two people who have fought trolls'

'You're the only one, Princess'

The reply was not encouraging

'Who has rapid-fire ballistas?'

Half her team raised their weapons She picked one of the Lialas and a tough-looking Crispin who had been assigned to her by Bryn

'We will lead The rest of youfollow!'

The main entrance of the warehouse enty paces away Allain's agent said the door was heavily reinforced and barred shut Liala gave it a short blast with her ray gun and her companions slarated Troll-like shapes appeared and disappeared as bullets tore into them Liala stormed inside with her two companions She peered into corners The Crispin lookalike stayed close by Bits of trolls lay everywhere It was inalled for her group to fan out They were too close together and that ht they were seasoned resistance fighters and wouldn't need to be told They thought she was the heroic princess of their picture books

Neither was true They were all virgins The nearest she had co orcas and they weren't arht with their teeth The most they could do was bite you in half

'Look out, Princess '

The Crispin lookalike pushed her aside and caught the full blast of the shot that was intended for her Liala returned fire instinctively and blew a packing case apart A troll, behind it, fell senseless to the floor and one of the girls finished hiun