CHAPTER THREEAriana had plenty of time to ruminate miserably on her altercation with Lorenc.
She did not see him for the rest of that day and later on that evening she learned that he had left the camp.
She might have imagined him going to barter for her release except that he knew nothing of Prince Stefan.
She was certain that Bonnie had kept silent on the subject of the Prince because the maid seemed so content now to remain at the camp.
Here, in the mountains, the maid was as free as she would ever be. The brigands she could consider less than her equal in that they were right outside of the law while she was not and at the same time her relationship with her Mistress, Ariana, was now on a more intimate footing than would be possible in Society back in England.
Musing to herself Ar
