'Who's Weasel?'
'Make the sound of a weasel and he will come.' Adrina put her fingers to her lips and made a high-pitched squeak.
'You do it.'
Alvero did his best and heard footsteps on the stairs. The boy who had accosted him earlier appeared in the doorway.
'Our brother Alvero has agreed to join us,' Adrina said in the native tongue. 'He is a loyal son of Ibero.'
The boy raised his hand in a warrior's salute. Alvero was amazed that someone so young would be permitted to do such a thing and in the presence of a princess.