She heads out of her room and to the stables.

"Ethan's four and he's still a worthy opponent."

Tiaothin had showed her the way out once; a pair of great double doors, one carved to resemble a laughing face, the other curled in a terrible snarl.

There was a clatter behind her and a group of redcaps were coming down the hall, mad yellow eyes bright with hunger and greed. They hadn't seen Isiea yet.

She ignores them and heads to the stables.

" Sure he is. "

And there they stood, across an ice-slick foyer. The double doors, with their laughing face and snarling face, seeming to mock and threaten at the same time.

"He is! Aren't ya?"
Ethan nodded. "Yep!"

Lise laughed softly. " Okay. "

She doesnt care about that.

"What's so funny?"

An excited whoop rang out. The redcaps had seen her.

" Nothing. Its nothing. "

"No, let's hear it."