The one-armed man smiled and revealed his dirty-looking teeth and cunning smile. The words of the hooded lady enticed him and made him feel giddy inside more than a naked slut with sumptuous breasts would make him feel. His ears had itched for a long time to hear someone say something like that to him. They had itched for so long just to hear those words, they had felt like they would never be able to see someone who shared the same ambition as him. But as he stared at the hooded stranger he felt his luck had simply just shined on him. The power in her voice and the authority and class her presence carried did not pull him or make him scared, nor did it intrigue him as much as the words she had spoken against the king and his beloved queen.
“Please, do come in,” he moved away from the pat
