Beyond Night
His head cranked toward the movement, and many behind them faced that way, too.
Malitus’ finger stabbed towards the running figure. “Stop that man and make sure he’s taken alive!”
They heard the twang of bow strings as guards fired arrows. The missiles flew through the night and the figure in the distance cried out as arrows pierced flesh. The archers and men on horseback dismounted and moved to the edge of the forest, hesitating to enter after the crying man they’d shot.
Swords drawn, the four went to join them. As the officers drew near, the regular soldiers dived in the grim forest. They rushed after the man who now lay, rolling about at the edge of the woods, shouting curses amid his cri
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