"I'm dying to know—if you don't get the Jade Bracelet from me and also lose a Holy Lord, how are you going to explain things when you get back?" Seraphina Sterling smiled radiantly, completely unafraid of the dark muzzles of the guns pointed at her.
"You know my identity?" The man was stunned to hear himself called a Holy Lord. They had only met once, and it was in a mountain forest at night, from a great distance. Under those conditions, seeing him was as good as not having seen him at all. 'I can't believe she actually remembers!'
"International mercenaries. Nightfall. It seems your first ambush was for me all along. I can't believe I thought you were after Terrence Grant! It looks like he's the one who got dragged into all this because of me. Why is it just you today? Where's king? Didn't he come?"
