Chapter 12; New problems.
Menal glanced at their next victim through the thick bushes. She was young; twenty-odd years, with a grey horse. Both seemed strangely familiar. As his leader gave the command to attack her, he remembered he had seen her before. She was the wolf-girl that had murdered his brother. She had destroyed the rest of his old pack. Nolan and him had been the only survivors. He grabbed her from behind, with little resistance. Obviously some of her fire had been doused with age. He turned her to face him. Her eyes were a weary, bloodshot blue-grey.
"Nolan, she's th'one. Wolf-girl." Nolan slunk around the back of the clearly frightened woman.
"Not so brave now, are ye?" She spat into his face. He wiped it off. A malicious smile appeared on his cruel, thin face. "Burn her."
Daine closed her eyes in despair. Fantastic. I run away from my problems, and I meet up with another set I ran from before. Just wonderful. "Burn the innocent, that's right," she murmured. "Why not? Everyone else has done something."
-Daine? - Cloud's mind voice was confused.
-Run, Cloud. I'll stop them. Go back to the palace. Stefan'll look after you. I can't help you. -
The horse stood, stubborn as ever. Hating herself, Daine used her will. -Go, Cloud. I've left money at the palace-
-Take care- the horse cautioned, as her feet took her away.
Daine turned back to the bandits. She couldn't save herself, but Cloud, she could. "Now, I think we've met before. Ah, I remember. You killed my family."
"You killed ours." The man with dark brown hair and three teeth missing smiled at her. "Now we'll kill you."
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Shouldn't run away from problems. You only meet up with them again. Hee hee. Review, please, thanks for reading.