Vale leaned back and said “I will have to ask Dante if he was asked or just saved in time…so what do you really think of Lady Shade?”

The girl hugged the fox again and followed her up the ladder to the light of the stage. A bunch of guards were there with Lord Grant waiting. “Alex? Is that you dear?”

The lad grunted as the last cuff was released then he fell against the soldier, his head spinning. “Cursed steel…the cuffs…” he could barely move on his own to the hatch, his steps uneven.