![]() ![]() He hung back from the door, eyeing it with suspicion and awe. The question went from her head the next instant, driven out by a wail of demand from below. So close, in fact, that had the Duke so chosen, he could have lunged from where he stood, and killed Todd with a single stroke. Having stopped the door from being closed Katya had stepped away from it, leaving Todd the closest of them all to the horsemen. Behind him she could see the horsemen approaching the door, their step more cautious now that they were almost at the threshold. She tugged harder on his arm, in the hope of shaking him out of his stupor. Then Duke Goga came at Zeffer again and drove his sword through the middle of his back. They had a moment only to look at one another. Indeed, if she had ever been in love with Todd Pickett-which by many definitions she had-she fell out of love with him at that moment, comparing his face with that of Duke Goga, and finding it wanting.įor an instant, he lifted his eyes, and his eyes met Tammy's. She was simply staring at the door as though she could see through it to the horror on the other side. The sight of Zeffer's execution had momentarily distracted Katya from any further mischief. The horsemen were waiting on the other side, swords at the ready.įive stairs up, Tammy chanced a backward glance, but Katya was still standing in front of the door. ![]() ![]() He stared at his maimed hand for a moment, then he turned from his mutilator and stumbled back towards the door. Blood spurted out from the wounds, and Zeffer let out a cry that was one part disbelief to two of agony. The Duke lifted his sword and brought it down in a great swooping arc that cut through the meat of Zeffer's right hand, taking off all four of his fingers, and the top half of his thumb. Whether the Duke took this harmless motion as some attempt at aggression, and reacted to protect himself, or whether he simply wanted to do harm Tammy would never know. Only now, as he stumbled across the ground before them, did Zeffer raise his arms to protect himself against the swordsmen. So she hauled on his arm again, yelling for him to get away from the door, and this time her message got through to him. That was not to say that she didn't want Todd safe from this place from the house and all its inhabitants, especially Katya. Just a little.Īnd while she regretted, (if regretting was what she was doing) Tammy continued to haul Todd after her up the stairs. Todd muttered to himself.Christ oh Christ oh Christ. Through the window off to their left Tammy could see the sight that had held Zeffer's attention just minutes before: the occupants of Coldheart Canyon pressing against the glass.Ĭhrist. Now the escapees were on the half-landing. ![]()
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