It came to a point where the horse was screaming it's protest and trying to take lead to run towards the warg packs she could hear tracking them furth...r into the flames.Arnial slung herself out of the saddle and turned the reins loose letting her mount bolt back the way they had come. She could only hope the scent of the horse backtracking would delay the orcs from finding her till she could get safely across the river.She turned back towards the river, one hand resting on her sword and the. The first volley from the rifles did, indeed, kill the horses, but the Indian riders were able to jump to safety as the horses fell. All three Indians were holding lances, and the first thing they did after picking themselves up off the ground was to stab the captives to death."God Damn! I never expected them to do that! OK, boys, let's kill them bastards!" John, Seth, and Jeb continued to fire at the Comanches, dropping several men and horses. When their rifles were empty, the other 4 men shot. She has a lot of demands upon her time. Now, I have one more and it's at her behest."I'll leave a little early this afternoon and go home for the weekend. I'll be back Monday morning. We can hit the ground running then. I'm due a proposal from Bill Travers for communications. I will take it with me."Tracey said, "Bill, I think you're giving up." On Eve?" She nodded. "No, I'm being realistic. She's much younger and there is plenty to fill her days and nights without an old man hanging. “I need it. The world needs it. I will reforge my ancestors sword and slay the dragon Dominari.”“Madness,” the Doge spat. His guards surrounded me. Their partisans leveled, a fence of sharp points. None lunged in to attack me. They penned me in to keep me from attacking the erinyes while she dispatched my allies. She marched on Sophia. She scrambled up by the sphinx. My stomach tensed.It was smart. Eliminate my allies before coming to me. I had noticed Faoril leave a few minutes earlier. She.