- Are you all right? - The voice of the man who danced with me echoed in my ears. - Can you walk?
I nodded and raised my body with my eyes closed. Raising my head and taking a deep breath, I opened my eyes. She was still dizzy, but lucid enough to see that there was more than one man with him.
- All right! All right! Miss MacBride! - he said in a deep, cold voice. - I'd hate to take her to her mother in a deplorable state, but if need be, I'll drag her from here by force.
I drew from his hand and with a speed that I did not know where I had come from, I pushed him hard. I took the chance to take the beast and shoot him. When I saw him lying on the ground, I tried to run, but I couldn't go very far, because a hand grabbed my arm.
- Let go of me! - I screamed when he tied my waist.
- Please don't make me have to hurt you! - he said between his teeth as I was rising from the ground. - Because I'd be happy to do that. I'm well aware of the work you gave the other men at Inverness.
- If you don't put me down now, you'll join them! - I threatened.
The men who were following him towards a wagon began to laugh and I could see exactly how many there were. There were four or five men, apart from what was already lying on the ground. The beast would only shoot one shot at a time and I'd have to reload it. The idiot's arm passed over the belt where the arrows were stuck and I couldn't catch one. Raising my free hand, I reached one of his ears and pulled hard. The man stopped screaming as I pulled. One of the men came over and I threw the beast in his direction. The gun hit your head.
- What the fuck? - he screamed. - Did you give a reward to bring a girl or the devil?
- Let go of my ear, you little brat! - the other screamed.
I took advantage that he bent over, so I gave him a foot. With that, he just bellowed in pain and let me go. Grabbing his shoulders, I kicked his lower parts and pushed him to the ground. Another came to me and, pulling an arrow, I stuck it in his chest as he approached. I ran to the tavern, but another man came too fast grabbing my wrist. I turned around biting his hand and ended up getting a slap in the face.
- Bitch! - he yelled when he fell to the ground. - Bring the bag and the rope!
I panicked with my hand on my face. Because of the dizziness, I could barely reason, so it was being so difficult to escape. On another occasion, they'd already be dead on the cold ground. The rain began to fall hard, leaving me soaked. All I could do was cry in anger at being vulnerable. I tried to get up, but a strong hand squeezed my shoulder so tightly that I grunted with pain.
- Stay where you are or I'll take you in pieces. - he threatened and then bent over in front of me. - Do you know that I doubted when I was told that a silver-haired demon decimated almost half the men who were sent after you at Inverness?
- Untie me and maybe I'll show you how I did it. - laughs in a debauched way pulling the hands that the other one tied. - Coward!
He laughed.
- Not all the money in the world is worth my men's lives and I've lost enough. - he replied ironically and looked at his partner, who was standing behind me. - I think I'd rather be with two men than risk taking her alone.
Everyone started laughing and I grunted. Another man came towards me, but did not reach me, because a buzzing sound cut off the air. Next thing I know, he's lying on the floor with an arrow in his chest. The man who had just tied me up also fell to the ground with an arrow in his chest.
- It's nice to know you feel like being buried with your men.
Bruce's cold voice cut off the air and I looked in the direction of the sound. Standing at the door of the tavern, he was standing with a two-shot beast, lowered to the side of his body. He stared at the man with fury in his eyes. Pulling the sword, Bruce began to walk slowly towards
