“Many thanks, your grace,” Vincent replied graciously. “I shall see that the girls are fetched at once.”<br/><br/>Striding from the audience chamber, he looked down the hall to where they were waiting nearby. He approached purposefully, his cape fluttering and his helmet still under his arm.<br/><br/>“Empress Eclypsia will see you now,” he politely declared to Aisha and the others. He gestured back towards the audience chamber with his free hand. “Please follow me.”<br/><br/>With that, he turned and once more walked into the chamber.