Caspian grabbed a sword from the rack in the stables, then mounted the horse behind Susan.
"Hold on" She whispered, and it was all her could do to grab her waist before she urged the horse into breakneck speed.
They traveled for a good two hours, then stopped to let the horse rest. By Susan's calculations, they still had about 8 hours left.
"Keep watch, i'll be back" She said to Caspian before grabbing the spare sword she brought and taking off for the ridge about a quarter mile ahead.
Caspian took note of their provisions, just barely enough for the two of them. No matter, they could forage for supplies on their way to their destination.
Wherever THAT was.
He looked around. Susan had been gone for some time now. Maybe he should hide the horse and look for her...
He got his answer when a scream shattered the quiet.
Moving as fast as possible, Caspian pulled the horse behind some bushes, tied it's bridle to a tree, grabbed his sword and ran as fast as he could in the direction Susan had gone.
Susan knelt on the edge of the small outcrop, viciously struggling against her captor.
Her sword lay off in the bushes somewhere, having been ripped from her hands by the man who was now holding her by the waist and the hair, yanking on both as hard as he could.
A red mark was slowly making it's way across her face from being slapped by the mysterious man, and it stung painfully.
"Scream" The man holding her said. Her only reply was an angry glare that he couldn't see as she kicked backwards, trying to hit him in the knees. For that he slapped her again, and Susan hissed in pain.
"Scream little girl, so that your man will come and save you"
"No one is with me" She spat, gasping as her hair was yanked yet again.
"Well, well. I think you're lying, and for that you will be punished" With that, the man holding her shoved her against a tree and pulled out a dagger, sliding it across her unmarred cheek soft enough not to cut.
Now she was in trouble. Where was Caspian? Susan made up her mind. She would have to scream.
"Scream little girl, so that we can be done with this" Feigning obedience, Susan screamed as hard as she could before kneeing her attacker in the groin.
He doubled over, but still managed to grab her before she could get away.
"Clever ruse, little girl" He growled, shoving her against the tree again, her back grinding into the bark. The man waited for a few seconds, then smirked.
"This does put a little- ah, kink in my plans, but at least I do have some fruit for my labors" He grinned lasciviously at her, and she shivered.
Slowly, meaning to torture her, the man slowly pulled her skirt up to mid-thigh, stroking the flesh there. Susan fought the urge to throw up, and her heart started to race in fear.
He planted a sloppy kiss on her neck, effortlessly brushing her struggles away. Susan felt tears prick her eyes. Where the hell was Caspian? Surely, he heard her scream.
The man moved his hand away from her bare thigh and trailed it up her bodice and to her breast, causing her to wrench her hands out of his grasp and pummel her fists into his chests.
He growled in anger and shoved her into the tree, his hand at her throat.
"Hold still, or I will kill you" Then he pressed his disgusting lips to hers and continued his molestations.
She couldn't hold back the tears now, she was going to be raped here, and Caspian surely would have found her by now. She cursed herself for ever leaving the camp in the first place.
Groaning in pleasure, her captor pried apart her liops and slipped his tongue inside her mouth, causing her to gag violently.
As he pulled away, he smiled in his lustful way.
"This is fun"
He picked up his dagger from the ground and held it to her neck, scratching the sensitive skin with it's sharp blade. He kissed her again.
Then, something hit the side of his face. That something being Caspian's fist.
"You. Bastard" Caspian seethed, pulling the man up by his collar and punching his face again and again until he was reduced to a bloody mess.
Caspian wiped his hand on the other man's jacket and turned just in time to catch Susan as she fell to the ground.
For a moment, Caspian's blood froze. Was she hurt? Did the man succeed in his awful intents for her body?
He swept Susan into his arms and set off back to their make-shift camp, trying not to think about the possibilities.
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