Ronald nodded. “Yeah, that explains a lot… I never suspected you weren’t expecting to return to Loriath. Maybe I need to start thinking like that; it will for sure force me to live in the moment instead of having a firm belief that everything will work out, and we will all return to Loriath, safe and sound. I guess I more or less knew; that was probably the reason I started to get myself involved with Sonja and Shigure, but having to compete with you was not in my plans. I never would have imagined you had such a strong character, pretty Duza. Well, I knew you were strong, being a Party Leader and all, but conquering a man and a woman and making them go crazy about you? That I was not expecting at all!”
Duza put her tongue out. “Blargh, at you! You thought what? I was a damsel in distress
