The veil of truth

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Not only were they cruel but also sick in their heads. Not long after she took her last breath, they began to rape her corpse. I stood there in the corner.
My heart beating so fast I thought it would explode. I could feel my whole body trembling, chest throbbing as I stumbled backwards.

As I stepped backwards my right heel got caught on a rock and I fell backwards to the ground with a loud bang. Their bodies froze and I stopped breathing..

They turned around and saw me.

A wicked smile spread across their faces. Fear rushed through my blood as I tried to get up and run. I made all two steps before I tripped and fell forward. I tried to move but my body wouldn't budge. I turned around and let out a gut wrenching scream.

Now they stood right before me.
A man with curly red hair smiled and grabbed a fist full of my hair and dragged me out on the open ground.
I screamed in pain. He just laughed.

He released my hair and I immediately crawled away.
"What do you think boys? ain't she a pretty one?.." He leaned forward and caressed my cheek. I fliched back.
His smile faded. "To bad you have to die, sweet girl.." He smiled cruelly at me while his friends yelled: "KILL HER!!" over and over again.

With his friends encouraging him,
he reached for the axe on his back and smiled grimly and said "Sorry lass, my brothers has spoken." He rose his axe and just as he swung it towards me, a man on a white stallion appeared and cut his head clean off. The brutes ran towards him with their weapons held high, the man quickly descended his horse.

The fight ended faster than it had begun.

Blood dripped from his sword.
He took out a worn-out cloth and cleaned his sword before he turned to me and silently looked me in the eye. With his body slightly turned he reached out and roughly grabbed me by the arm and hauled me up over his horse then saddled it. As soon as he was up on the horse, It began to move. My body jarring up and down painfully with every step the stallion took.
I almost slipped off, but a strong arm grabbed me around my waist and pulled me up against his torso.
I fixed my legs to better my balance on the animal. Despite just waking up and experiencing something gruesome I was dead tired, so as soon as I felt his body warmth and strong heartbeats against my back I fell asleep feeling both emotionally and physically drained...