A/N Ok, I know this chapter took ages so sorry about that. Also thank you to emeraldwarhorse because without him/her asking about next chapter, it might have taken even longer

Warning: Rated M for language and adult themes. Well, if you played it, you must know how Vico talks and behaves. Probably some game spoilers.

Disclaimer: I do not own Neverwinter nights nor Valine's wonderful module A Dance with Rogues or characters in the story, only my main character Christiana Silverblade (with Valine's pre made background of course), but I might have put some new characters in the game and change it a bit to suit my story, like Vico is the one who caught her and spanked her for trying to sneak out (Sorry Valine for changing it, but I always saw it happened like this :-).

Old dusty tunnels. Cristiana didn't even know about these tunnels under the castle/ SP many things were kept secret from her… Asshole! Fucking bastard! Arto Benthur gave her so many reasons to hate him already, but he just had to go further and cut Tarleth's head off right in front of her! Christiana stopped suddenly. There was nowhere to go. A massive block of stone was in front of here. Sure, it had rectangular-ish shape, but there was no lock to be picked, no conventional means to open it, not even a damn lever anywhere. You've got to be kidding me… sighed Christiana in exasperation and started closely examine walls around her, for anything that would help her to continue.

"…re has to be something."

Christiana paused. She thought she heard someone talk on the other side of the 'door', albeit quietly. There was nowhere to hide! Christiana jerked her hands away from the wall and spun away, but loose strand of her hair got caught on something. She jerked her hair away. Metallic noise echoed through the tunnel and then another noise, as if stone rubbed stone, the door blocking Christiana's way slowly started opening.

"Oi, Mando, it's opening!" a male voice spoke on the other side of the 'door'. Mando Halley with few members of the Family looked through now open 'door'.

"Hi Mando," Christiana smiled apologetically, "my hair is stuck in this chain…"

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Christiana descended stairs down to the main room of the Bear Pit.

"Christiana! Wait, I have something for you." One of the waitresses called out to her and then disappeared for a second near the trapdoor to the sewers. When she appeared again, she had a

"This man came not long ago. I never saw him before, but he was very friendly. He had a little belly and a happy round face with beard. He left this for you." Said waitress and handed parcel to Christiana, who quickly glanced at the parcel. "With best regards, B." Brimson… thought Christiana.

"Thanks" she smiled at the waitress and with the parcel disappeared in the trapdoor, when customer called waitress and no one was paying attention to her. Christiana opened the parcel in the safety of the sewers. Unseeing eyes of Sargozian leader were staring at her. Smirk formed on Christiana's lips as she closed the parcel again.

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Hideout seemed a little bit emptier now that Mando and few others were kept at the Bear Pit.

"Hi Alfons, give me a sec, got a message for Cata, from Master Nathan." Christiana smiled at the head of the secret hideout in the sewers and then turned her attention towards Cata.

"What do you want?" hissed Alfons's female companion.

"Master Nathan wants to see you. He's also keeping Mando with him." Cata just muttered something and walked past Christiana towards exit.

"Oh and got a present for you, Cata." She pulled out Sargozian's head and threw it in Cata's hands.

"What the hell…"

Christiana smiled at her sweetly:

"As I said, a present. And you should recognize him, you were in the tower after all…"

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Real damsel in distress, Pia… mumbled Christiana to herself, while stumbling through another secret door in the Academy.

"Christiana! I'm so glad to see you. Please, get me out of here." Beautifully decorated bedroom was disfigured by a large cage standing in the corner. Cage, which was presently occupied by none other than missing bard and member of the Family, Pia.

"I was starting to wonder where else to look if you weren't in here." Said Christiana, while picking lock on the cage open. "By the way, how come you couldn't open this yourself? I know you can pick lock and this one isn't exactly hard…"

Pia shrugged.

"I wasn't able to move until now. See, I was trying to locate that bounty hunter who gave some of us to Dhorn. He's working for them, you know… Vico, Alfons and Cata tried to catch him for weeks now but he always manages to go poof. So I figured out he's a wizard. And I did find him here obviously. I almost had a heart attack when he appeared through the secret door behind me. I didn't even manage to use wand to dispel magic that I brought with me. He casted some spell on me and here I am, in a cage, unable to move, until you came…" Pia looked around.

"Maybe we should go. I don't know where he went or when he comes back, but I certainly don't want to be here, when he does…"

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Take your fingers off it, and don't you dare touch it,

You know it don't belong to you.

Take your fingers off it, and don't you dare touch it,

You know it don't belong to you.

You know it's sad to see a woman, an extra good 'un'

Holdin' back on her sugar puddin',

Take your fingers off it, and don't you dare touch it,

You know it don't belong to you.

Two old maids a-laying in bed,

One turned over toward the other and said,

Take your fingers off it, don't you dare touch it,

You know it don't belong to you.

Pia barely contained laughter when she heard Christiana sing this song. Luckily Baron Ravenstower fell asleep and both of them were escorted to a bedroom by Terek Westminster.

"Have you heard of Ravenstower? Perhaps they are allies of Betancuria?" asked Pia when the wizard left them alone, after locking the door of course.

"No, my teacher probably thought it was so small, that they never mentioned it." Sighed Christiana

"Let's get some rest. I'm sure we can figure something tomorrow."

"Why are you sitting on the floor, Pia?"

"Well, there is only one bed."

"Don't be silly. We can both fit there."

Song used: folk song Take your fingers off it