Call to War (2011)
“Tanner’s breathing returned to normal and his pulse had slowed. The power of the blood melted away, and he felt like his normal self.
Drenched in mud and river water, the girl’s red hair clung to her face in dirty streaks. She was shivering, wiping tears from her cheeks.
“It’s all right,” Gwen said, helping the girl sit down on a rock beside Tanner and Castor. “They’re gone — you’re safe now.”
“I couldn’t breathe,” the girl said. “They just … all I could taste was water.”
With h...er rapier, Gwen cut the girl’s hand bindings and sliced the rope off her neck. The girl watched with wide eyes as Gwen hid the rapier, with its cross guard like an open wolf’s jaw, back in the lining of her cloak.
The girl was younger than them, maybe ten or eleven years old. “What’s your name?” Tanner asked gently.
“Isadora,”MoreLess
Drenched in mud and river water, the girl’s red hair clung to her face in dirty streaks. She was shivering, wiping tears from her cheeks.
“It’s all right,” Gwen said, helping the girl sit down on a rock beside Tanner and Castor. “They’re gone — you’re safe now.”
“I couldn’t breathe,” the girl said. “They just … all I could taste was water.”
With h...er rapier, Gwen cut the girl’s hand bindings and sliced the rope off her neck. The girl watched with wide eyes as Gwen hid the rapier, with its cross guard like an open wolf’s jaw, back in the lining of her cloak.
The girl was younger than them, maybe ten or eleven years old. “What’s your name?” Tanner asked gently.
“Isadora,”MoreLess
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