-Interlude VI-
Bodden
Summer 960 MC
“So you became the Bandit Queen!” exclaimed Anna.
“No, Highness, that would be wrong,” Beverly replied.
“Maybe,” offered Hayley, “but it would make for an exciting story, nonetheless.”
“I was there to stop the bandits, not lead them,” Beverly pointed out.
“They’re just egging you on, my dear,” said the Baron.
“Well, tell us the rest,” demanded Gerald. “You’ve peaked our interest.”
“I will,” she replied, “but first, tell me what you would’ve done? Let’s start with you, Gerald.
Gerald thought about it a moment before replying, “I suppose I would have killed the Bandit King outright and told the farmers to get lost.”
“And leave them to their fate?” asked Hayley. “That wouldn’t do. It wasn’t their fault they were bandits, the earl drove them to it
