"To be honest," Tolan admitted, "I am not positive that she truly does have anything to do with all this. But Venger would not hesitiate to stoop this low. Why would the Dark Lord possibly want a young Swan May child as a prisoner? She's only a little girl, with nothing valuable to offer him. But what if little Ingeld herself was not his aim? What if his true goal was to simply use her as a hostage to ensure that his troops would have safe passage through Swan May territory?"
Sitting down, he considered the possibilities for a moment, and his eyes flashed as bright as his sudden grin. "And what if we were to return the child to her people before the orc army reached the Forest of Macul?"
