Who Said the Outsiders Had No Schemes?

"I see her! What about her?" The black-scaled man licked his lips. His tongue was forked like a viper's.

"She's our chance to join the Wild Clan!"

"What do you mean?"

"Capture her, and we'll have done the Wild Clan a great service!" the black-and-white-scaled man said.

The black-scaled man frowned. "Why?"

"Because she's the person the Wild Clan wants dead most!" the black-and-white-scaled man said.

"The Wild Clan and the Li Clan have been enemies for generations. They want every member of the Li Clan's imperial family dead. Why do you say this woman is the one they want dead most, Brother Bai? Is there something special about her?"

"She's Li Xueyi, the Li Clan leader's favorite third daughter—the one who's about to marry into the Long-Eared Clan." The white scale on Brother Bai's forehead seemed to gleam a little brighter.

The black-scaled man understood at once. "Once that marriage happens, the Long-Eared Clan's special abilities will give them an edge over the Wild Clan. So the Wild Clan will spare no expense to stop it, and the surest way is to kill the third young lady whose marriage will seal the alliance!"

"You've got it, Brother Wu!" Brother Bai said with a smile.

Brother Wu grew excited, his black-scaled face almost flushed red. But after a few glances in her direction, he drew a deep breath. "Your clever plan is tempting, Brother Bai, but someone of the Li Clan's true Imperial Bloodline won't be easy to capture. Even if we tell the Wild Clan where she's headed, taking her down will be no simple matter, let alone for just the two of us. Otherwise, she'd never dare show herself so openly."

That was the problem.

The two of them could see the value of this imperial young lady.