Xila: A Noble Thief by Lady Xila A visit to Lord Randall “There’s gotta be some taffer who hasn’t had all his stuff stolen!” Xila was pacing around her room, desperately trying to think of some lord or lady who had something worth stealing. She had considered many possibilities but somehow none of them had worked out, and she had wages to pay. She had thought that Lord Bafford’s mansion would be worth a visit, since he had recently acquired a very expensive, if rather gaudy scepter. However, it had been stolen the night before she had planned to go after it (rumors said by Garrett), and she hadn’t gotten a chance to talk to Lady Bafford anyway, so she would have had to find a way to the scepter without any information. Ramirez had plenty of stuff lying around his house free for the taking, but Garrett had gotten to him first. Apparently, Ramirez had sent a couple of amateur assassins after him. Idiot. And there was the baker’s diamond fiasco but Xila didn’t even want to think about that.
“I should of killed him when I had a chance.” Muttered Xila. She didn’t know what she was going to do. She had to find someone to rob before the end of the week or she wouldn’t be able to pay her servants and guards.
Lady Xila Xanell, My wife and I extend to you an invitation to have luncheon with us and see my new vase collection. Please send your response with the messenger who bears this message.
Sincerely, Lord Randall. Vase collection. Xila remembered hearing something about that collection. It was supposed to have Lord Randall’s pride and joy, a very beautiful sapphire vase.
Suddenly Xila knew where her servants’ next wages where coming from.
“This’ll be a success for the Downwinders tonight!” “Yeah, those guards couldn’t protect a henhouse!” “Ha, ha, ha”
The voices cut off as a door across the room closed Xila stood shock still. Beaten to the punch again! Xila was about to go after them when the door across the room opened again and a guard walked in.
“Thief!” Xila spun around and ran through the door. The two guards outside were too surprised to take a swing at her as she ran by, for which she was very glad. She sped though the house and hoped desperately that her luck would hold out. Xila’s greatest quality was never being lucky.
As Xila cleared the servants’ door, she noticed the glimmer of a sword. She threw herself to the left as the guard swung at her, but the tip of the blade still caught her stomach.
Xila panicked and started to climb the huge wall. Pity it didn’t occur to her just how huge it was until she fell down on the other side. She recovered long enough to bandage herself and then lapsed into unconsciouses. Her last conscious thought was that at least it wasn’t Garrett who messed up her plan this time.
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