ndria

guard standing over me shuddered violently. He stumbled

rd shrieked, his voice cracking in terror as he

heard the rustle of her heavy silk skirts a

snarled. "This little bitch just got lu

ld smile. Behind my back, I twisted my wrists hard, snappi

aised his iron shovel high and swung the flat metal blade straight

the falling shovel. I tightened my core and twisted m

ammed into the mud. The violent impact numbed

off the stone walls of the pit with all my strength. With a muffled roar of flying

h a dull snap, the ruined hemp rope br

urderous aura radiating from my body made the air in the pit turn freezing cold. The guar

e. "She's blind! She is a wolfless cripple without an inn

ing, the two guards exchanged a fierce breath and lunged at me fro

avy footsteps and rough breathing, mapp

ight palm upward like a blade, striking the weak joint of his wrist. A crisp crack echoed in the

my head to dodge his clumsy swing, clamped my left hand over his forearm, and used his own forward momentum to flip him over

ldn't see, I heard Beatrice's breath

dria! Who the hell are yo

d shovel from the ground. My fingers brushed over the rou

it ten feet above. Because this starved body was still too weak, my fingertips

led shoe, stomping down viciously

shovel and drove the iron blade deep into the dirt wall of the pit. Using the shovel handle as a le

ped my muddy hair forward. Terrified, Beatrice scrambled backwar

de my foot and leaned on it, turning my sigh