((Well, I finally get back to Drakis and Jessala. The

suspense is finally over. Plus, he was getting cramps,

being held in those restraints for so long.))

There she was, in all her remembered beauty. But this

was tainted, since he knew that she had used him as a

scapegoat for her family. That, and the fact that she

had a ring on her left hand. "Who is he?"

She got out of her chair, and gracefully walked over

to him. Folding her arms, she said, "Not a human, if

that's what you're thinking. And no, not a female

either. I married Farlan Neldus, a Talon. He comforted

me in your abscence, and, well, I fell in love with

him."

Drakis sneered at her. "So I really meant that little

to you?!"

She immediately grew defensive, snapping back. "You

had no IDEA of what I went through! I had USED you! I

wanted to kill myself for that! He was the only person

who had cared enough to listen to me and to try and

help me get you out! I regret ever using you as a

scapegoat for my family. They didn't even thank me!"

She took a few steps away from him, turning her back

on him.

Drakis sighed, realizing that rage wasn't going to

help him now. "I understand where you're coming from.

I WOULD have liked a little more loyalty, but still, I

understand."

She turned back to him, at first with an enraged look,

but it died away. She sighed. "I pulled some major

favors and got the breakout blamed on someone else who

ran for it. I have your release papers right here."

"I'm only leaving here on two conditions." Jessala

eyed her former lover as if he was completely insane.

"Fist condition, I want the glaive wyvern named

Skyshadow set free. I didn't want him being picked up

as an accomplice to me, so I tried to bring him with

me away from here. The second condition is the release

of Regulen, a wolf anthro, who doesn't really deserve

to be here, either. Do that, and I'll forgive you

completely, and you'll never have to see me again, so

you can go about your life without guilt."

Jessala looked at him, hr piercing gaze sizing her

former lover up. After a length, she relented. "I'll

do what I can. You're free as soon as you sign the

release form."

"Which I can't really do without the use of my hands."

She pressed a button on her desk, and all the

restraints popped free. She thought for a moment that

drakis was going to attack her, but he didn't. He just

camly strode over to the desk, used willbending to

make the pen move on its own, and signed his release

form. "Where is all my stuff? I know you have it here somewhere."