CHAPTER NINEPrince Stefan stepped forward.
Lorenc’s hand moved to the hilt of his knife, but it was clear that this was a pointless gesture. The Prince was armed with a pistol and was not alone. His men were with him and in the light of a lamp that one of them carried it was clear that they too brandished weapons.
“We meet at last, eh, Lorenc?” sneered the Prince. “But where, oh where, is your hook nose and beard?”
Lorenc made no response to this mention of ‘hook nose and beard’. No doubt he guessed that Ariana had so described him in order to throw the Prince off his scent.
Meanwhile that strange emphasis that Stefan made on Lorenc’s name – Lorenc – puzzled Ariana. She looked to Lorenc for a clue, but his eyes were fixed on the Prince.
Seeing the two men together for the first time s
