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there was no escape from the blood-stained figure staring across the room at her. The gash on his shoulder was all too evident, but he raised his good arm and pointed at her.
“This is your fault,” Donald accused her. “I told my father we should have gutted you the minute James brought you back.”
“No…,” Jenny cried. “It’s not true. I…”
“Witch,” Donald yelled. “You cursed this clan the minute you entered Lochbrae Castle. Whatever evil spell you used on my brother didn’t work on me and I’ll see to it that you never curse anyone again.”
Jenny continued to back away when he stepped further in the room, but there was nowhere for her to go and she dropped to the floor when she got to the wall behind her.
“Now look at us,” Donald went on in a harsh voice “James is lying dead on the battlefield along with many others from our clan and we have lost to a hated enemy. It’s only a matter of time before they march on the castle and try their best to kill the rest of us.”
Jenny let out a despairing cry as he rushed across the room toward her. She put up her hands to try and defend herself, but she was no match for Donald’s strength. His fury made it all the more potent and he knocked her arms aside and grabbed her hair to drag her to her feet. Her screams were loud, but she knew that no one was going to come and help her.
“Bitch,” Donald bawled in her face. “My clansmen won’t be the only ones to die today.”
He let go of her hair and the back of his hand smashed across her cheekbone to send her crashing to the floor. The pain flared on her face, but she lay still as Donald ominously moved towards her.
“If the Glennet clansmen follow me here,” he spat out in a malicious tone. “It will be to the sight of their bitch spy dying.”
“No…, please,” Jenny let out as she looked up.
Her voice was wretched as she pleaded, but Donald ignored her to drag her back to her feet. She was powerless to stop him as he led her to the door of the room and out to the stairs. He let go of her arm to draw his sword and pointed it at her.
“Climb,” he said.
“Please…,” Jenny begged as the terror of the situation paralyzed her.
“CLIMB,” he screamed.
There was no choice but to do what she was being told and she stumbled up the stairs until she got to the door at the very top. She knew what was outside and her fear grew stronger.
“Open it,” Donald ordered.
The touch of the sword in her lower back made Jenny comply. The area outside was bathed in bright sunlight and she was forced outside towards the low wall at the edge of the turret. The shaking of her legs made her collapse before she got there.
“You get on your feet or I’ll kill you right now,” Donald threatened and pointed his sword straight at her.
The sobs wracked Jenny’s body as she managed to get back to her feet. The vicious shove on her shoulder sent her towards the wall and she crashed against it to find herself looking down to the ground far below. The fate that was about to befall her was one she didn’t deserve, but as she turned to see the murderous intent in Donald’s expression, she resigned herself to the fact that she wasn’t going to survive the encounter with him.
Chapter Seven
Jenny’s scream split the air as her hair was grabbed to make her look at the ground far below the castle turret. It was a long way down and there was no way anyone falling that distance would survive it. She sure of that and the terror of the situation gripped her as Donald’s snarling words came out.
“Your bastard leaders will get here to the sight of your smashed and broken body down there,” he told her as he forced her head further out over the wall.
“They’re not my leaders,” Jenny said through sobbing gasps. “This has nothing to do with me. I don’t…”
“You’ve ruined us,” Donald
“This is your fault,” Donald accused her. “I told my father we should have gutted you the minute James brought you back.”
“No…,” Jenny cried. “It’s not true. I…”
“Witch,” Donald yelled. “You cursed this clan the minute you entered Lochbrae Castle. Whatever evil spell you used on my brother didn’t work on me and I’ll see to it that you never curse anyone again.”
Jenny continued to back away when he stepped further in the room, but there was nowhere for her to go and she dropped to the floor when she got to the wall behind her.
“Now look at us,” Donald went on in a harsh voice “James is lying dead on the battlefield along with many others from our clan and we have lost to a hated enemy. It’s only a matter of time before they march on the castle and try their best to kill the rest of us.”
Jenny let out a despairing cry as he rushed across the room toward her. She put up her hands to try and defend herself, but she was no match for Donald’s strength. His fury made it all the more potent and he knocked her arms aside and grabbed her hair to drag her to her feet. Her screams were loud, but she knew that no one was going to come and help her.
“Bitch,” Donald bawled in her face. “My clansmen won’t be the only ones to die today.”
He let go of her hair and the back of his hand smashed across her cheekbone to send her crashing to the floor. The pain flared on her face, but she lay still as Donald ominously moved towards her.
“If the Glennet clansmen follow me here,” he spat out in a malicious tone. “It will be to the sight of their bitch spy dying.”
“No…, please,” Jenny let out as she looked up.
Her voice was wretched as she pleaded, but Donald ignored her to drag her back to her feet. She was powerless to stop him as he led her to the door of the room and out to the stairs. He let go of her arm to draw his sword and pointed it at her.
“Climb,” he said.
“Please…,” Jenny begged as the terror of the situation paralyzed her.
“CLIMB,” he screamed.
There was no choice but to do what she was being told and she stumbled up the stairs until she got to the door at the very top. She knew what was outside and her fear grew stronger.
“Open it,” Donald ordered.
The touch of the sword in her lower back made Jenny comply. The area outside was bathed in bright sunlight and she was forced outside towards the low wall at the edge of the turret. The shaking of her legs made her collapse before she got there.
“You get on your feet or I’ll kill you right now,” Donald threatened and pointed his sword straight at her.
The sobs wracked Jenny’s body as she managed to get back to her feet. The vicious shove on her shoulder sent her towards the wall and she crashed against it to find herself looking down to the ground far below. The fate that was about to befall her was one she didn’t deserve, but as she turned to see the murderous intent in Donald’s expression, she resigned herself to the fact that she wasn’t going to survive the encounter with him.
Chapter Seven
Jenny’s scream split the air as her hair was grabbed to make her look at the ground far below the castle turret. It was a long way down and there was no way anyone falling that distance would survive it. She sure of that and the terror of the situation gripped her as Donald’s snarling words came out.
“Your bastard leaders will get here to the sight of your smashed and broken body down there,” he told her as he forced her head further out over the wall.
“They’re not my leaders,” Jenny said through sobbing gasps. “This has nothing to do with me. I don’t…”
“You’ve ruined us,” Donald
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