‘Aye, sir,’ Roswit replied, taking two other guards and hurrying off back the way they had come.
‘Now then, Eleusia, lead on.’
Eleusia turned and led them on, as the group walked the last few corridors in silence. Finally the space outside the Imperial Mage’s rooms swung into view, still cluttered by the mass of boxes haphazardly piled outside. As they drew near, the sounds of the gnome’s panicked scuttling around the room could be plainly heard from within. Reaching the edge of the chaos, Eleusia straightened, readying herself to enter the room, and Ranulf’s face appeared at her shoulder.
‘So, what’s the plan?’
‘I’m not sure yet…’ she responded slowly and quietly. ‘We don’t have time to formulate a proper strategy, so I’m afraid you’ll just have to follow my lead, understand?’
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