An uneasy prickle skittered over Keeley’s skin a bare moment before she opened her eyes. She gasped and would have screamed, but a huge hand clamped over her mouth.

　　Terror swept through her when she took in the warriors gathered around where she and the injured warrior lay. They didn’t look at all pleased.

　　They wore fierce scowls, and it dimly registered that two of them bore a striking resemblance to her warrior.

　　She didn’t have time to give it much more thought before she was hauled to her feet by a man wielding a sword easily capable of cleaving her in two.

　　She was about to demand what they...