There was no way to trust Leslie Scarlet. Her goal initially had been to come in here and fight with her, to kill her if at all possible. It was still a possibility, but there really was so much more possible with going along with the alliance being offered here.

She could see it as joining with the enemy, and in a sense it was, but that enemy was only an enemy in the broadest strokes. As Leslie had pointed out, they both tried to kill one another. Turnabout was fair play, and they ...