Wave of anger washed over Gonzalo as he glared at Danciana and Lupe.? "What has gotten into your head?!" Danciana asked in a rough voice.? "Isn't it obvious the slave girl has bewitched him?" Lupe said in a slightly accented mocking voice, the slow lazy warmth of the sun in it, a warmth echoed in her face. Her skin was a warm, sallowed gold; her hair black and sleek, wound in a heavy plait across the top of her head and delicately silvered here and there.? "Guards!' Gonzalo screamed.? Two guards ran to the entrance and stood there, taking a bow.? "Seize her!" Gonzalo pointed at Lupe. "Lock her in the prison for criminals."? "What!" Lupe scoffed. "You can't try that with me, I will tell my father and he won't spare you!" "Take her out of my sight!"? The guards pull

