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OOC>> Finally! You saw it! IC>>
ILLEK (Turns to Verloren with a twisted smile on his well-shaped lips) "Of course, she did. Not much goes on in that house that shedoesn't know about. Besides, she was standing right there." (Stoops down, lowers voice, so that all she can hear is a whisper.) "I have been regretting the part that I agreed to play in this, since I found you, so beautiful and free. And my regrets have grown with each mile that I have travelled with you. I must tell you, now, before something irrevocable happens. You are being betrayed by your former lover. Lady Nataskia was going to execute him, after catching him with one of her slave women. But, he praised your beauty to her, and awakened her appetite." (the smile grows cynical) "You see, her rapacity does not confine itself to males. She enjoys her female slaves just as much. Drajlough's deal that he made with her was that, if he could lure you to her tower, where she could capture you with ease, she would let him go. Or, perhaps be returned to her favor, I am not sure, for they talked long apart. At any rate, my role was to lure you to him, and he would pretend to flee with you, but would lead you into a trap. You would then be hers, and the deal done. I would have received a finder's fee. But now, I do not choose to do this thing. I have done foul things, but not this. Come along, let us go. I would have you back safe with your party. Even Lady Nataskia would hesitate to tackle Blandamour of the Iron Arm." (He rises as to go.)
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