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An arrow lodged into a tree to Ian’s left His eyes slowly lifted

Men scurried and the wo to her sister and the others She would do better there anyway

"What do we do? ’Tis our death I know it," the woman next to Emma screamed

"Calm down," Tara yelled

Several of their men let out warrior cries and forced their horses forward to meet their enemy

Liz slid from her horse, followed by Tara, Myra, Amber, and Lora Soon the other women followed suit Arrows flew and swords rasped Myra’s hand

Simon ran his horse in their direction, fell froed to fall at her feet, Liz forced fire fro a circle around the women

Soasped, probably out of surprise, but all eyes held understanding

Amber reached for Tara’s hand, then Lora’s

Soon all of the hands

"Give us protection within the fire, keep us safe in this day, in this hour"

The flareide, her heart beat so quickly in her chest the thought of it splitting in two distracted her

She heard Duncan’s voice calling a warning to Fin More steel

"Si"

Liz pulled Myra’s hand to Erabbed hers until she stood in the middle of the circle She met Lora’s eyes and yelled, "Come on"

"Where?"

Liz looked above her head

Shaken, Lora nodded and followed Liz to the center of the worasped Lora’s hand and the two of the, they found the top of the trees and witnessed the fighting below

Duncanhis Druid gifts Fin followed suit, each nize was thrown from his horse Lora threw out her hand until a ball of fire

"One of McLauren’s men," she said

Fire shot everywhere Swords crashed One s, but Liz couldn’t tell who it was Cian slid froht lifted froain

Her eyes found Fin again, fighting on the ground, his horse nowhere in sight The ile They moved beyond the trees one thrust at a time until Liz couldn’t see what happened

She held her breath, waiting for so

Chaos filled the scene below them