Immediately her resistance stopped and just as quickly I let her see my face and allowed her to move freely. When she realized that I was indeed Jon Kirk, she smiled and then hugged me tightly.
“Oh, Jon Kirk, we thought you dead for sure!” she whispered joyously and in tears she could not hold back. “I never thought I would see you again. I never thought I would see another friend from the Warrior Caste again. What are you doing here?”
Quickly I told her what had befallen me since I had been abducted by the Winged-men and my meeting with Tar-Gool and our adventures since that time. I also told her of Tar-Gool and our plan to raise an army and free Caliat of the Winged-men, and of Crooch’s vile treachery that had brought us here as captives before our army could march on the city. Then I
