Cassius "Bloody hell," I growled, my face smashed into the dirt and my shoulders and back aching. Thankfully the woman wasn't as heavy as Lord Jackson was, but blimey did she come in like a water nymph in a forest fire. "I'm so, so sorry!" She squeaked, her voice oddly melodic and twinged with a similar accent to the Lords. She scrambled off me, and I half-expected her to keep running when she saw my men blinking at her in confusion. "Uh...Hi!" She chirped instead, reaching down and grabbing my arm, yanking me to my feet with a surprising amount of strength. I shook the dirt off me, finally looking down at the small woman, only to falter. Large blue eyes and tied back golden hair, she was dressed in a dragon riders armour, with a sword and dagger hanging from her hips. She wa