Again Prince Herod’s POV

'Herod, how are things going? Has she mentioned anything about Xanne and the pup yet?'

Harad's impatience makes it impossible for him to suppress his curiosity regarding the status of our plan to extract information from Arbel. We hope that she will divulge clues about where we should begin searching for the elusive hybrid Princess.

'I need you to be patient. I can't push too hard," I cautioned him, "She's not the brightest. Give me some time to get her over the line. In any case, she has already let me know where her aspirations lie.’

'Aspirations?' he snarled. ‘Man, this woman is going straight to...