"Um, thanks for helping with the search, my lady," I said to the young woman walking beside me.
"Call me Rita," she insisted in a soft voice.
After bumping into the Justiciars, their leader, the young woman called Rita insisted she and her team help me in my search for the drow intruder. So, I led them back down the steps and into landing I ignored before. From here, she instructed her people to branch off and search other areas and reminded them to, "Leave no stone unturned."
Some climbed back up the steps while the others went down to search the palace's courtyard. Rita remained with me. So did the tree man I'd bumped into earlier.
I think he was there to keep a watchful eye on me, and from the cold-eyed stare he sent my way, I got the feeling he didn't like me one bit.
"And you're certain you saw this drow escape through here?" Rita asked me again.
"I'm sure," I said, pointing two fingers at my eyes. "I've got good eyesight…"
