***
Just as everyone had suspected, the royal guards and the jade hands were a little late to the fight just outside the city. But it was not Lord Torgenn in that carriage, it was Nanny Han.
One seemed to underestimate the Wickshire fortress; this was the stronghold of Lady Wickshire. It would be beneath them to allow Lord Torgenn to come to harm. Half way, Nanny Han had led a replacement entourage and gone the same way Lord Torgenn was supposed to go. Lord Torgenn himself, did not know that his driver and guards had been given secret signals causing them to change their direction. Yet, even that was not enough.
As Nanny Han and her group fought away the assassins, another group approached Lord Torgenn on his way.
Lord Torgenn could almost feel himself fall asleep, when a scream woke
