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TWO

Deception

T he soldier waved them in. 'You may enter, "he informed Locklear.

Locklear led his companions into the guardroom of the castle.

They had approached the castle on foot, after an earlymorning climb up a
long, winding road from the city. He was doubly glad they had chosen to
spend the night in the city. His ribs still hurt, but after a night's
sleep in a relatively warm bed and two meals, and he was feeling twice
as fit as he had the day before.

The captain of the castle guard looked up as they entered and said,
'Squire Locklear, isn't it? " 'Yes, Captain Belford, "said Locklear,
accepting the captain's hand.

We met when I passed through on my way north a few months back. " 'I
remember, "said the captain with a half-hidden grin. Locklear knew the
captain must have heard the rumour of the reason for his banishment to
the north. 'What can I do for you? " 'I'd like to see the Earl, if he
has the time. " 'I'm sure he'd love to see you again, sir, but the
Earl's not here, " said the seasoned old fighter. 'He's off on some
errand with a troop of men - all Tsurani-bred - leaving me here to take
care of things. " 'The Countess? "asked Locklear, inquiring after
Kasumi's wife. 'Down in the city, actually. Shopping and visiting with
her family. "

Earl Kasumi had married the daughter of one of Lamut's more prosperous
merchants. 'If you need something official, you can wait until one of
them gets back or ask me, squire. As long as you don't need an armed
escort somewhere. "

Locklear grimaced. 'I had been thinking about asking for some men to
accompany us down to Ylith. "

Wish I could oblige, squire, and if you've the Prince's warrant with
you, I'd scrape together a dozen swords for you, but as it is, the
Earl's off training recruits, I've got my usual patrols along the
frontier, and the rest of the lads are out looking for a bunch of
Tsurani renegades. "

Owyn said, 'Renegades? "Locklear had mentioned nothing of the

Tsurani grey warriors to his companions. 'I heard some rumours,'was all
Locklear said.