Tirai Osdarin walked over to Idanian children. She had not seen their father since she went off to talk to the gossip mongers. The stories they came up with … Tirai just shook her head. Hopefully Jenos hadnt' been getting into too much trouble.
The grave looks on the children's faces made her worried, "What has happened?"
"That girl, Kasey, tried to kill me." Alexander said a slightly glassy look in his eye. Tirai would almost think it was terror. While the others were speaking he continued to look down the corridor they had come from.
"Are you alright?" She started to check him out.
"I'm fine. She didn't hurt me, though she did try to pull a blade on my father."
Tirai winced. "Is she alive?"
Daniel shrugged, "I'm not sure. I just…"
Tirai looked up at the young man before her. She had seen that look on his father's face many of times. "What did you see Daniel? "
Artrous spoke up, but you could barely hear him, "We saw what a fully trained war blade can truly do."
Tirai visibly shuttered. "I think we better leave. Alexander give our regards to our hosts. Tell them I have become ill, anything to get us out of here. Daniel and Irina find everyone else and bring them to the carriages. Artrous see to it that the carriages are waiting for us when we get there. "
They all nodded, but Alexander asked, "Where you going Aunt Tirai?"
"To save your father." She walked off from where she thought he might be.
Tirai found Jenos down the corridor Alexander had been looking oddly down. She saw the smear of blood on the flag stones going around a corner. All Tirai sighed, and carefully stepped over the blood trail. She found Jenos cleaning his sword. The assassins were dead on the floor, and Kasey was laying on the floor in a heap. Her dress in tatters blood splattered around her. "Please tell me you kept her alive."
"She is alive, barely." He re-sheathed his sword.
"Must you make such a mess?" She checked to make sure Kasey was alive. She was - faintly. Jenos just shrugged. "I sometimes forget that just as you are a caring man you are also a deadly warrior." She looked at the carnage. "Is that his spleen on the ceiling?" She shook herself, "We much go. I think the maiming, however warranted, of a guest will take most of us off their guest list for a while. It is best we leave, and leave now. The children are waiting at the carriages."
Right then a servant girl came around the opposite corner. He dropped her mop and bucket in surprise. Before either could say anything she returned with a guard. Not missing a beat Jenos dropped into his 'command' voice. "Officer, see to it that these known assassins are dealt with. They attempted to murder not only myself but also my son Alexander. Lady Sibert, "He kicked her slightly with his boot, "was their spy, and ring leader. She has been suitably punished." Jenos started to turn away, but stopped, "No, have all of her wealth removed from her, and held in trust by the church of the Goddess's womb. It is to be used to aid those who have lost family members to battle. She is NEVER to receive any of the mercy she has shown my family, including healing from her wounds." As if this was the most simple thing in the world, Jenos turned, offered his arm to Tirai and they left.
As they were leaving Kasey came to. She tried to scream but found that her tongue had been cut out, and her eyes blinded. All she could hear were the comments made by the soldiers, "Dear Goddess what has she done to deserve this…"