“You need not be afraid,” the Prince said as if he sensed what she was thinking. “My servants will take those who are still alive and hand them over to the Police. The authorities deal very effectively with such malefactors I can assure you.”
“Those who are alive – ” Lokita repeated beneath her breath and thought how heroic it was of him to have fought and killed to save her.
They reached a gate in the wall and the Prince pushed it open.
Then they were in a large garden filled with flowers and lit by lanterns hanging from the branches of many of the trees.
It was so pretty that it might have been one of the scenes from Cinderella and Lokita looked at it with delight until she was aware that the Prince’s eyes were on her face.
“We are extremely grateful to you,” Miss Anderson said shar
