I looked out over the forest from a throne room in a high parapet. The other side gave me a view of Lorien, my home, but I couldn't bear to look. It drew me so much I practically salivated when I saw it, and drooling just wasn't princess-like.
My crew had been taken into a banquet hall, where food had been laid out for them. I trusted Ellerin to determine whether it was safe.
The head soldier, apparently deciding I didn't pose any kind of threat to him, had brought me and Sir Raleigh up several flights of spiral stairs and left me alone with the admonishment, "You'd best tell your pet to behave."
Once he walked out, I rubbed Sir Raleigh behind his ears. "Better be your sweet kitty self, Raleigh, at least until we know who we're dealing with." The air around him shimmered, and the bat-wi
