It took several minutes before Leishmann realized something was wrong. He watched in horror as his remaining men began surrendering their weapons, while Cal’s appeared to be fighting for the opposing team.
“Traitorous bastards!” Leishmann cried, spinning to glare at his son. “We have to get out of here.” He reached for Claire, but Cal prevented him. “Fine then you bring her.” Leishmann spat, thundering off on his stallion to command the retreat.
“We have to follow him!” Cal shouted, tugging her wrist. “He’ll escape if we don’t. If we lose him now we will have no chance at victory. If he has the chance to join up with Teisha and regroup, he’ll retaliate like you couldn’t imagine. We have no other option.” Claire resisted at first, looking over her shoulder at her brothers and fe
