บท 271: Halfling armies

"There is someone else in that palace who I am looking to find," I announce, twirling my finger lazily over my forearm as I gaze over this helpless spectacle of a creature. With each passing second longer that she spends under my gaze, she appears  more and more as though she would like to fade away into the shadows of the room, that arrogant, domineering bravery that she first presented me with all but washed away.

"There is a woman- coiling brown hair and deep green eyes, like that of the forest. She has horns atop her head, very similar to mine," I gesture with a tap of my finger.

Rubbing her fingers together with an obvious trepidation, the girl stares blankly into one of the flickering lamps, her brows furrowed in thought.

"I don't think I-"

Then she stops herself short, her expression more intense for a moment before she straightens up quickly, her eyes wide as saucers.