- Tell me what you did to my brother! - shot him in the teeth. - Tell me how cowardly you can be.
- Release Annabel or I won't answer for myself! - ...I commanded you to proceed.
He made a sudden move and penetrated the tip of the dagger into her throat. That made her open a cut on Annabel's skin and she grunted when she felt the blood flowing.
- What's going on here? - Abby asked as he entered the room. - I'll call my uncle!
- If you take a step, I'll kill the girl! - he said coldly. - Come over here and sit down!
Abby looked at me and I nodded. She sat on the bed and gasped when she saw the blood flowing down Annabel's throat going towards the neckline.
- Now, Captain, tell me what you did to my brother! - Morvan said coldly. - tell the ladies here how cowardly the man they so admire is.
I stared at Morvan and he laughed.
- That's right! I know of her fame as the whores and, although she lives surrounded by them, her lack of tact with the girls of family. - he disdained. - Do you prefer the more experienced ones?
- Not exactly! I would love to be the teacher of each one who comes to me, but it is not in my nature to deceive the girls for only one night, when I can pay without much loss. - said sarcastic. - Besides, it's not in me to fulfill any obligation that's imposed on me.
Annabel faced me with a look full of contempt. I knew she was remembering the kiss I forced. I had noticed his reaction and it will surprise me with the reaction of my own body. If I hadn't stopped myself, I would certainly have possessed it on the floor or against the wall, without any ceremony. It was not in me to sully the honor of any maiden, especially when it came to Annabel MacBride, daughter of Roy MacGregor. I didn't want the bad blood of a MacGregor maculating the MacCalister house. The further away from Annabel I stayed, the better it would be, yet I would not let her die at the hands of that scoundrel.
Morvan made another sudden move, wounding Annabel and she screamed.
- Morvan, I'm warning you! If you hurt Annabel, I'll kill you in the cruelest way there is.
- Do you know how it feels to lose blood? - he whispered in Annabel's ear.
- No. - Annabel answered with her voice embargoed.
- Tell her what it's like. - he said looking at me. - Tell me how bad it is to be left to die slowly. Say it!
I took a deep breath dropping a growl.
- The body falls asleep as if all its strength were slowly fading with every drop wasted. - I responded by closing my eyes. - Your skin becomes pale, until you lose consciousness and your heart stops. Then you die.
- Exactly! - he said smiling. - The most sadistic way to do this is by tying her victim up and making several strategic cuts, but in respect to her father, I can tie her upside down. That would considerably lessen your suffering.
He threatened to cut Annabel's neck again and despair took hold of me.
- Stop! - I asked in a tormented voice. - I said I'd bring him in for trial, but I lied. I killed Kaiser before we even got to Dunhill.
- How's that?
- I tied his feet to a tree and made cuts all over his body. I sat in front of him and watched as he slowly died, day after day.
Morvan growled.
-- I found Kaiser's body in the same state he had left it. Not even a decent burial, that bastard gave it to my brother. - he said in a cold voice. - You see that? I'm not the only coward here! The Black Knight you respect so much, he's nothing but a sadist.
- No more than you! - said Annabel in a cold voice. - Your brother deserved everything Bruce did he and something else. I wouldn't have acted differently.
- What'd you say? - Morvan asked in an angry voice.
- I know what they did to Cora on the edge of that side. - she kept talking. - In Bruce's place, instead of making him bleed, I would have watched as he drowned desperately, but the captain was much more creative.
Morvan grunted.
- Bitch! - he shouted lifting his fist with the intention of hitting Annabel on the chest, but she was quicker and, seizing the opportunity, hit a header against the nose of Morvan, who hit the wall. - Bitch!
- Get out! Get out! - I've ordered you to move in against Morvan. - Now!
Annabel grabbed Abby's hand and they ran to the door. Morvan and I started a body fight. He had greatly improved his attacks. I believe you committed yourself after your brother's death. They used to fight together. Kaiser always distracts his opponent so Morvan could stab him in the back. Morvan and his brother had a reputation for being the most cowardly and cruel men Roy had. However, I was much more skilful and pulled off his dagger blows with my sword.
The noise of the vase breaking against Morvan's head and the window breaking as soon as I threw it at her,
