Captive (1996)
“Almost dead. So close to dead that she could nearly taste the metallic silver of the blade that threatened her throat, feel the hot stickiness and choke on the pulsing red spill of her own blood … But then a harsh, deep cry went out, shattering the air. The warrior about to murder her paused. The blade did not touch her throat. The cry, the shout of command that had broken through the carnage, had been so fierce that it stilled even the jubilant sounds of pillage, murder, and glory from the sav...ages who had so recently won their battle and now set upon their victims, some stealing rings and trinkets, some giving the coup de grace to maimed and anguished men, some seeking murder, some seeking scalps.
The shouted cry stopped them all. It had all been cacophony; the day was suddenly and incredibly still. Teela stared up at the warrior, who seemed to have frozen in motion. A fierce warrior, one with blunt-cut ink black hair, an all but naked bear-greased body, and mahogany eyes that impaled her with hatred One who had wanted her life.MoreLess
The shouted cry stopped them all. It had all been cacophony; the day was suddenly and incredibly still. Teela stared up at the warrior, who seemed to have frozen in motion. A fierce warrior, one with blunt-cut ink black hair, an all but naked bear-greased body, and mahogany eyes that impaled her with hatred One who had wanted her life.MoreLess
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