Ariadne slowly lowered the door again, revealing a bit more of her face. Although she was prepared to draw it back up at a moment's notice.

The fact that his mind immediately went to kidnapping was intriguing. Promising. Perhaps he at least understood her master wasn't...a good man.

Of course, bad men hurt bad men all the time but...

Well, Ariadne couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope.

"Sort of," she said. "It's difficult to explain."