Chapter 17
“I look nothing like her,” Theirn stated early the next morning.
“From a distance you will pass, which is all that is needed,” Lain replied. “And you do not reek of the abnormal, which the prince would be able to feel if it was Alassiel there.”
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Theirn ran his hand over the wig the two mages had created for him to wear. By blending their magics they hoped to throw the prince off should he sense there was something more than human about Theirn, or ‘Alassiel’ since the plan was he would impersonate her.
Alassiel appeared at the entrance to the cavern. Over one arm she carried a dress which she handed to Lain when he came to greet her. “Have him put this on,” she said. “It will undoubtedly need some altering to make it fit the way it should even though he is small, for
