Not far away Duke Armand still sat flanked by a pair of bodyguards, the only two individuals allowed to bring weapons into the building. xxx Clea had been a painter before the war who volunteered only months before the fall of Tintariel and was swiftly assigned as reinforcement for Elena’s depleted unit. Even before his prize was returned to him, Jacques had been preparing for the most unforgettable night the Broken Bow Brothel had ever seen. She had been one of her subordinates since before the war and the two had been together the day their kingdom fell. His favourite’s face was still drenched, as now was that of her partner. The crowd was eating it up, at any rate. Satisfied they had extracted every piece of useful knowledge from her mind, the sadists in that dark dungeon released her to a healer who had
