"Err, I...Hope that as well." The knight stammers a little as she breathes into his ear, the constant clop of the horse's hooves sounding beneath them. They pass their way back through the barony, with the sun dipping low on the horizon as they finally arrive at a small village nestled beneath a hill, atop which lies a small keep decorated with the baron's banners.
The drawbridge drops as they approach, after the knight waves up at the men on the battlements. "Here we are, madame." The knight says, riding into the busy courtyard and stopping his horse at the stables. He dismounts, and raises his hands to help her down.
"Ah, so you're her, hmm?" Turning, Claudia sees a tall man in his forties with a thick dark beard, descending a flight of stairs into the courtyard. He wears a fur lined velvet garment, clearly very expensive. "I noted your name on the guild's paperwork. Are you, by any chance, one of the Cheydinall von Shamhas?" He names a territory her family used to own in their glory days, one of the richest fiefs in their demesne.