Well after dark, the convoy pulled to the side of the road in an open clearing, and Commander Dax came back to the truck Dominic and Alexis were riding in.
"My Lady, we have an issue. Our cover requires that we operate as a unit under the command of a Lord. But nobody thought about where you would fit into that cover. We just assumed that someone else had, and it slipped our mind." He whispered.
"Meaning?"
"You will either have to sleep in the transport carriage with our supposed Earl, or we will have to explain to anyone who happens upon us why the Lord is sleeping in the dirt with the common soldiers." Dax mumbled.
The road was a busy one, and they had only just managed to remove all their heraldry before the next group came down the road in the opposite direction, bringing farm supplies to market.
Alexis smiled at the Commander. "Fear not, we can manage this level of disguise. Think of it as the Lord Sorcerer auditioning for his role as fiancé."
