“He walked forwards and the expression of darkness and ferocity on his face made her stomach flip. The ruffians began to close with eagerness upon him, but he did not hesitate, just kept on walking. One of the villains gave a mocking laugh. ‘You think we’re scared because you’re wearing a bleedin’ mask?’ She did not hear the highwayman’s answer. There was only the sickening sound of bone crunching against bone and the villain laughed no more. A hand closed tight around her upper arm and the ...thin-faced man looked down into her face. ‘Unhand me!’ She struggled to free herself, but the thin-faced man only smirked at her efforts. She could not see the highwayman properly, but she could hear every fist that landed, could hear the grunts and the gasps and the curses from the ruffians. There was such menace about him that it made that of the villains pale to insignificance. The men before him seemed to crumple.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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