For upon Venger's howl of anguish and rage, the confusion below had turned into utter chaos, soldiers rushing up the steps and swaming around the castle in confusion- they would be spotted in moments....
"That's easy, Zak!" smiled Sterling with a devilish grin. "We're going to walk right through them! Assume the position, you too Tommy! We're going to do a little prisoner transfer." Grabbing the side of the Lorekeeper's dress, the Dark Elf ripped off two length-wise strips and tied both Zak and Tommy's hands behind their backs.
"I've tied both of you with a couple of slipknots." explained the Dark Elf calmly. "If anything goes wrong, you should be able to get out of them easily. Stay in front of me, lower your heads, keep your gaze to the floor, don't make eye contact and don't say a word! Move when I tell you, stop when I tell you! Let's go!"
And with that Sterling marched his two 'prisoners' in the direction that Zakiyah had indicated to him, as the location of her book.
