Vara did not hide her surprise when he returned with leather gloves and began removing the chains.  She expected to be kept like this for a good amount of time, it was what she would have done, were their roles reversed.  Her mind still wanted to see him as the enemy, as some kind of servant for the witches she had grown to hate so strongly.  But she couldn't.	Even if this was some kind of ploy, he opened himself up to danger by letting her free.  Vara relaxed her arms and rubbed the bits of skin on them that had been burned by the silver.<br/><br/>"I think it will take more than little luck for you to survive that kind of plan.  He's careful with the old world relics and those that study them.  I've heard of the scholars, but I've never actually seen one.  And the vault, the place where he keeps those sorts of things, it's right off of his private chambers..."  She should not have been telling a stranger all of this.  What if this was some sort of test and Blackvayne waited in the darkness to see if she remained loyal?  It would not be the first time he had done such a thing.  Vara took a deep breath and forced those fearful thoughts out of her mind.  There was no use dwelling in hypotheticals.  It would not help the situation at hand.<br/><br/>"The thought had crossed my mind.  Removing the chains was a good start."  She shrugged as he spoke of her assuming he was a liar.  "It's not as if I could return to him, if he's already sent me to die, then I think he would probably just kill me."  Letting people survive suicide missions was a bad practice for warlords.  It was like Geraint said, it shows that everyone was expendable when the time was right.  Her heart still yearned to know the purpose for all of this, why Blackvayne would give her up like this, but it would be very perilous to find out.<br/><br/>"No one will question seeing me there though, not yet, I don't think.  As long as you aren't known to his spies, then I might be able to bring you in as someone I've captured.  I've never done it before, but other wolves have.  Humans, werewolves, other creatures.  If they're of use they'll bring them to Blackvayne..."