Chapter 13

Everyone remained quiet for a moment, then the soldiers standing behind the large man burst into laughter.

“Who is she?” Ivory asked.

Ethan and Delilah turned to him, asking, “How do you know it’s a girl?”

“Well, she sounds like one…” Ivory replied.

“Sound? Her voice is masked, how could you tell?” Delilah asked.

Ivory remained quiet for a few seconds, then replied, “Well, I think I just have really good hearing, I guess…”

Ethan turned back to the center of the commotion as it continued.

“You? The strongest knight in the world? You’ve got to be joking. A puny person like you couldn’t even take down David here,” the large soldier said, placing his left palm on the shoulder of one of his subordinates.

“Then I challenge you to a battle—no weapons, just plain hand-to-hand combat,” Kathrin said as her sword disappeared.

“Is she crazy? Look at the size of that man!” Ethan whispered. The large soldier stood twice as tall as Kathrin and