That alone was reason enough for Azabeth to do her damndest to get to the boy before Lelahai did.
Fortune was with Az that night; Lelahai was to be kept late at her riding lessons (a ransacked tackshed and a sovereign to the stablemaster ensured such) and her room remained empty, though not unguarded. She'd have to see what she could do about that, she thought to herself as she peered around the corner of the corridor, a bit of her scarlet hair intentionally giving her position away as she attempted to spot the young mercenary assigned to the doorway. Where was he....?