"Did you have to bring him all the way up to where we sleep?" Morgiana asked by the balcony, making a sour face.
Pete smirked, getting to his feet and putting on a robe. "If I had left him with the Merry Men, they would have ripped him apart. We need him alive to get the ransom gold.
Morgiana stared at the figure in chains on the balcony floor. Sir Guy of Gisbourne had been gagged with a spell so he could not disturb his new landlord. Another spell prevented him from using magic and also physically weakened him.
Two days had passed since the silver knight had been captured and brought to the Major Oak.
"But this is weird," the girl said with a grimace. "I know we have a balcony door, but he must have overheard us making love last night."
Pete approached her from behind, wrapped his arms around her, and kissed her on the shoulder.
"Well… sweetie… I think he needed a deeper immersion into the life of merry forest people. So he must feel pretty educated by now."
