Reunion

"Is Alice inside?" Anfey smiled and asked.

Suzanna nodded. She moved aside to let Anfey into the room and closed the door softly.

Alice was speaking with another man inside and did not notice Anfey at first. Anfey coughed softly to catch her attention. "Go," Alice turned back to the man and said, "I'll speak to you again." The man bowed to her and left the room hurriedly.

Anfey sat down on a chair across from Alice and grinned at her. "You have a lot of visitors," he said. "Are they all from the Shansa Empire?"

"It doesn't matter where they were from," Alice said. "It's only human nature to try and grasp every opportunity that presents itself. I doubt you are here to talk about opportunists. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Anfey smiled at her bluntness. "I heard you want to create a team of female guards?"

Alice nodded. "Why do you ask?"