"May you walk in the light!"<br/><br/>Valerie's lips curled in distaste at the invocation of banishment, nausea rippling through her belly as the words washed over her.  He was no priest, and so the words had no greater effect but Valerie felt the rage burning hotter inside of her at his pronouncement.<br/><br/>She smiled, a sad regretful one, as she looked into Tabitha's eyes "Listen to me carefully, love.  I want you to take that Guard's cloak" nodding to Wyrth's corpse " Wrap yourself up and then get inside.  Your Lady will be looking for you.<em>Now</em>" she said over Tabitha's half conscious protest.<br/><br/>The air around the pair seemed to ripple with power, dark and full of menace, as Valerie spoke the final word; the young maid mechanically following her instructions to the letter as she ran back up to the keep.<br/><br/>Valerie walked, the slow languid stride of a predator as she circled the Highlander, the first of her daggers spinning lightly in her hands.  Her lips moved slowly for several moments, mouthing words of power, before she spoke to him again.<br/><br/>"You have annoyed me twice this night, swordsman." her words were soft, almost conversational "I dislike killing when I am not compensated for it, but I believe it is time for your wings to be clipped, little fly."