Tolanda and Ievos escaped the party of royals and he took her out into the city, taking her down through the night crowds of which were minimal since everyone was trying to rest up or prepare for the coming battle; especially after the scare from this afternoon when the humans arrived, and they were unprepared if it had been Cauladra. He had taken her hand and she struggled to hurry along beside him.
“Why are you rushing?” she asked him, and they approached the garden of which Iefyr had taken her to and he stopped his hurrying. He led her to a bench and invited her to sit and then he sat beside her.
“I wanted to spend some time with you, now that you are mine,” he said smiling.
“Do you still see me as property, Ievos?” she asked disappointed.
“You are mine but just as I am yours, we
