Part 7

The gang and the guests were in the middle of breakfast when Robin, Marian and Judith returned to camp. Mathilda was grateful for what they had done and pleased that she could trust the word of Much, Robin and Marian too. She was still a bit unsure of the others especially the big man who often looked at her with an unreadable expression on his face. Anya was also pleased they had returned but for far different reasons, she knew now that it was going to be a harder task than she first thought it would be to trap, ensnare the infamous Robin Hood in a web of deceit, lies and passion. Nobody had told her just what Marian was to the hooded man, but she had watched them before they left the camp and since their return and now had a fairly good view of how things really stood.

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"How long is this whole fiasco expected to take?" the young man asked the Sheriff and Gisborne "And I want the rest of my money"

"Eli, Eli" Vasey said with a false smile plastered across his face. A smile which Eli missed so engrossed in the thought of the money he was going to receive. "Good things come to those who wait and you haven't been here more than day so far"

"I tend to agree with Eli we need to get this plan in motion" Guy stated.

""Eli has the girl got the plan in motion?" the Sheriff asked the man, all of them seated in the great Hall, of Knighton.

"She's not any girl she is my girl"

"Yes, yes" Vasey said impatiently.

"She knows her goal"

"You explained clearly about Robin Hood and Marian"

"Yes, I told her everything you told me and what I remembered of Robin and his manservant Much"

"There's not much to Much" laughed the Sheriff.

"Except you made him Earl of Bonchurch. I still don't understand why"

"It's not for you to understand, my logic and reasoning Gisborne, only to carry out my commands. If this works, we'll be rid of Robin and his gang for good"

"And Marian" added Guy.

"Yes and Marian, who would have known she would be quite the turncoat she has proved to be?"