(Terribly sorry for my long absence..I'd like to try and pick this up again *smiles*)<br/><br/>Glaran's eyes followed Elizabeth as she moved to the back of the cavern, his expression unreadable in the half-darkness. Truthfully, he hadn't expected this assignment to be so difficult. Oh, he hadn't thought that the princess would be in any way inclined to accommodate his mission. But he found that he sympatised with her. He sighed softly. Assassinations were so much simpler. At least the victim did not get a chance to get under your skin.<br/><br/>Leaning his head back against the cold rock of the cavern wall, he reached into his tunic and retrieved a small silver ring. It gleamed softly in the firelight as he stared at it, turning it over and over again between his fingers, lost in thought. A small sigh escaped his lips unnoticed.<br/><br/>