"I followed you here didn't I?" the South Asian beauty replied in a non-commital, ittitated sort of way.
"You did" Sam agreed "But I need to be sure you will trust me enough to follow my orders until we are safe"
Nicola resisted the urge to tell him where he could shove his magic wand. Follow his orders? Who did this guy think he was?
"Of course. I'm at your command" the naked girl smiled sweetly.
Nicola was lying through her teeth, but she needed to keep Sam onside for now. He hadn't screwed her over so far and her options were severely limited. Still, at the first opportunity she was going to ditch him. Something about the young mage annoyed her and she had already had enough of witches and wizards to last her a lifetime.
"I'm pleased to hear it" Sam smiled weakly as he located the spellbook he had been after. To Nicola's displeasure he began thumbing through the pages whilst looking directly at her.
"Erm, what are you doing?" Nicola asked suspiciously.
"Looking for a suitable spell" Sam answered with a hint of impatience at the interruption.
"Not to put on me I hope?!" the naked girl was both affronted and concerned.
"Look" Sam sighed "If Jasper sees me I can probably talk me way out of it but if he catches sight of you we're both done for. You'll need to become less...conspicuous"
"No, sorry, I didn't agree to this" Nicola tried to protest.
"Actually you did" Sam replied more assertively than he had been until now "You're at my command remember? Now, stand still and stoo asking questions. This is for your own good!"
Nicola looked around nervously for any possible escape from Sam's magic but there was none and it was already too late.