Vigilante
“No. She was tied up again. How could she have been so— She looked down at herself. She was lying on a neat pallet of fabric stuffed with something dry and grassy smelling. And she wasn’t tied up. She was bandaged. From elbows to wrists, her arms were wrapped in a coarse burlap material, and beneath that had been spread some sort of ointment.
The odor … ugh. She didn’t want to know the ingredients, but she couldn’t argue with the results. Her skin tingled, but the sharp, gnawing pain of the last... several hours was gone. The same sensation enveloped her bandaged feet. Her boots were sitting next to the pallet. In front of her was a small fire, the smoke slithering up through an opening in the rock. Next to the fire sat Sascha.
He’d removed his cloak and his armor, so now he was just wearing faded fatigues that had definitely seen better days. His pale-gray eyes were riveted on the fire.
“Hey,” she said, “thanks.”
Without looking away from the fire, he smiled. “For not tying you up and selling your body to the nearest trader?”MoreLess
The odor … ugh. She didn’t want to know the ingredients, but she couldn’t argue with the results. Her skin tingled, but the sharp, gnawing pain of the last... several hours was gone. The same sensation enveloped her bandaged feet. Her boots were sitting next to the pallet. In front of her was a small fire, the smoke slithering up through an opening in the rock. Next to the fire sat Sascha.
He’d removed his cloak and his armor, so now he was just wearing faded fatigues that had definitely seen better days. His pale-gray eyes were riveted on the fire.
“Hey,” she said, “thanks.”
Without looking away from the fire, he smiled. “For not tying you up and selling your body to the nearest trader?”MoreLess
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