#fenixtj

And the boggan motions, "Please, follow me, your excellency. I'll drive if you don't mind?"

"I don't... and in fact, if you like, you could stay a while. See if the Freehold suits you." as they head out.

"Oh I'd be delighted" Abarran says, then says in a lower voice "Pretty sure I just made an enemy in there . But you just dont' treat people like things"

Of course, the Duke may wonder where she went but she's pretty sure he's safe

Jess nods and soon they are back at Fenix?

And soon they are. Abbaran opens doors for her and Michelle

Though Michelle is out

Jess can carry her, easily.

They return, and Dame Ash greets them "Your excellency, you've traded the Duke in for a boggan and an enchanted?"

"Not quite." dryly "But the Duke is a big boy and he can more than handle the Baron. This girl needs help. Is Fontaine in?"

"Of course, in the spa " She nods

Jess takes Michelle in there. "Fontaine? Pants...."

"Again?? " A sigh then splashing sounds "They're on"

Jessica brings the mortal in. "She's asleep, but enchanted." she explains "Can she rest here a while?"

"Yes, of course I..." Fontaine frowns, then SCOWLS "Someone has trapped her soul! How dare they? WHO did this?"

"It's tricky, Fontaine. What do you mean, someone has trapped her soul?"

"She's bound, something akin to a geasa, to obey. " Fontaine runs a glowing hand over Michelle's head "She may have tried to fight, and there was backlash, or maybe she got conflicting orders"

Dame Ash frowns from the entry way "Sir Jack and the other Liams are going to be furious when they hear about her"

"I am furious" Fontaine says, "And I'm not even meat"

"Is there a way to break the geasa? Remove it?" quietly.

"Maybe ..." Fontaine says

"Yes." Ash says more certainly

Jess frowns. "I would like her to be free, very much. But... it could be tricky."

"You know what? Damn it all, politics especially. Dame Ash, can you free her?"

"No, but you can" Ash says "This was placed on her by a lower rank I suspect. Now, it will be draining, but reach for the glamour about her... and imagine yourself grabbing it. Then, order the working off her and to do no more harm. Be sure to call it a working, a curse, whatever, so it's clear you're banishing the magic spell and not her"

"But... I don't have Sovreign."

"YOu don't, but I do, and as your knight, can enforce your will by dictuming the glamour"

"Oh." she thinks about this "It will work?"

"Maybe' Dame Ash says "Maybe not. It'll be draining either way"

"We're in a Freehold. Will it hurt the Bale?"

"No, in fact, the bale will likely keep you remembering who you are"