While Kyla found the keys in her pocket, Anthony stepped forward and gave Clement a shove with his foot. He reached down and felt the man's neck before looking up.
"Dead!" was all he said and walked across to where Kyla was trying to get the key in the cell door lock.
The door opened and she stepped forward towards him. Sheer relief replaced the terror of seconds before and, knowing she was safe, she relaxed in Anthony's arms.
She remembered little of being carried in his arms upstairs and into the infirmary but heard other voices, Visions of her friends gathered around and a warm cloth bathing her face flashed through her mind. Also there was pain in her throat and neck. She attempted to sit up but spluttered and let someone push her gently back onto a pillow.
"Anthony," she cried and
