Truly, seldom have I seen a fairer maiden. Such a peaceful reprieve, however, was not to last long. While clearly no warrior, he had at least avoided the prodigious gut which many men in his position earned by dint of attending a few too many feasts. Then, that could only mean that… The pair certainly looked similar enough to be mother and daughter, he mused while giving the elder her own once over, though the companion could perhaps have been an aunt or cousin instead. You have?” Genuinely astonished, the baron couldn’t help but raise one eyebrow and cock his head slightly as he stared back at the young noblewoman. So it was decided. Before the warrior maiden could take advantage of their newfound parity, however, his hand was stretching across her back to grip at the shoulder opposite him and then he was pulling her to his side. “I know not what marriage is like in your fair duchy, but among my people a wife’s duties are taken most seriously.
