From the top of the tower, Stephen glanced around the horizon until he saw a shuttered lamp signalling in his direction.  His spy, following Princess Crystal, was letting him know she was near.  And that she was alone.  Did the princess have magical powers that she hoped would make up for the lack of men?  If so, he hadn't heard about them.<br/><br/>He didn't have that many men himself.  After all, he wasn't a king.  Just the bastard son of one of them.  But he had enough men to handle one princess.  The only question was how was she going to enter the castle.  The front gate was guarded.  To leave it unguarded would have been too obvious of trap.  Unless she planned to battle the guards at the gate, she would have to enter the castle by another way.<br/><br/>So she would probably have a grappling hook and rope to scale the walls.  His men on the parapets had orders to hide when the grappling hook flew over the wall.  He wanted her to make it all the way to the top of the tower before taking her captive.  Right in front of her fellow princess's eyes.<br/><br/><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="3881" data-username="@PrincessCrystal" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/3881/">@PrincessCrystal</a><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="4058" data-username="@Danielle Blossum" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/4058/">@Danielle Blossum</a>