Eli

Chapter 7

Garret

"What was he doing here?" prince asked Stephan sadly.

"He said he had managed to run away from Bernea to get help with his older brother. But they'd been chased so he hid there, and his brother was supposed to lure them away, but he hasn't come back yet," Stephan replied, looking at the little boy whose clothes were bigger than himself.

"Which way did his brother run?"

Stephan looked left and nodded his head in the direction. "To a nearby village, sir. There is a side path through the forest...This way..." Prince followed his glance.

"How far is it?"

"Maybe one or two kilometres, sir."

"Then we go by ourselves. Tell them to dismount their horses, there's no time to waste," Garret said and looked the cave's way with a clenched hand on his sword's pommel.

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Eli

She was hoping for the diner never ended. She still felt the man's look examining her body and draw her knees even closer. She looked up to the night sky planted with little but brightly shining stars. How could you shine so bright when this is such a horrible night?

When she looked back down, she noticed how the man with a bow stood up from the little bonfire they had and was wandering her way. She began shivering and tried to set her free even more urgently. But the rope was tied tightly around her wrist and she felt it carving into the meat on her wrist and blood running down her palms. He was at her and smiled wickedly.

"I came for a dessert..."

Garret

A scream echoed throw the night.

Prince looked frantically at Stephan and set out running towards the source of the scream.

"Garret!" Stephan shouted but Garret did not halt.

Please, hold on...

Eli

She bit his nose and tasted blood in her mouth. He pulled away from her with his mouth wide open in cry and his nose covered in palms, blood dripping on his bare chest.

He cursed and slapped her violently, then he reached out for an arrow and bow. "You bitch, I kill ya!"

Eli pressed hardly her eyelids together in a fear and waited for the shot. Please, your gracious father, lead the arow so it flew smoothly through my head...Let it be quick...She shivered when she felt some liquid, spitted out on her face, but she didn't open her eyes. She didn't want him to see she was afraid of him. She didn't want to give him the least pleasure.

She flew into panic for nothing was happening, terrified that he decided to abuse her and break her before he'd kill her. Out of blue something fell on her lap, she screamed and started breathing sharply while kicking around her.

Garret

There was a man, half naked, standing over a girl tied to a tree trunk by a rope. He was bending to her breast. Garret speeded up. Please hold on...

The man was going to take off girl's clothes when she suddenly bit his nose. He wailed and started yelling at her, while scrabbling for something. He pulled out an arrow and a bow.

"You bitch! I kill ya!" he said and pointed an arrow at her head, ready to shoot.

Garret quickly drew his blade out of his belt and cried. The man finally noticed him, but he was too slow, and Garret ran his sword through his chest, the man fell down on his knees with his eyes wide-open, an expanding blood stain on his breast.