![]() ![]() Behind him she could see the horsemen approaching the door, their step more cautious now that they were almost at the threshold. She tugged harder on his arm, in the hope of shaking him out of his stupor. Then Duke Goga came at Zeffer again and drove his sword through the middle of his back. They had a moment only to look at one another. He stared at his maimed hand for a moment, then he turned from his mutilator and stumbled back towards the door.įor an instant, he lifted his eyes, and his eyes met Tammy's. Blood spurted out from the wounds, and Zeffer let out a cry that was one part disbelief to two of agony. ![]() The Duke lifted his sword and brought it down in a great swooping arc that cut through the meat of Zeffer's right hand, taking off all four of his fingers, and the top half of his thumb. Whether the Duke took this harmless motion as some attempt at aggression, and reacted to protect himself, or whether he simply wanted to do harm Tammy would never know. Only now, as he stumbled across the ground before them, did Zeffer raise his arms to protect himself against the swordsmen. Indeed, if she had ever been in love with Todd Pickett-which by many definitions she had-she fell out of love with him at that moment, comparing his face with that of Duke Goga, and finding it wanting. Todd muttered to himself.Christ oh Christ oh Christ. ![]()
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