CHAPTER NINE
I didn’t wait for a second command and darted down the street.
The leader pointed his sword at me and glared at his men. “Get her!”
The one who was unharmed by the spear maiden’s attacks ran after me. I had no idea where I was going, but any place was better than in the grimy arms of the sleazy man. People and carts were my defenses, and I used them to dash around and through, slowing down my much larger pursuer. Agility was all I had against him, as his speed was much greater than mine and he slowly gained on me. Ten feet. Five. He reached out a hand to grab me.
I took a hard left into a narrow alley. The man kept going a few more feet and crashed into a water barrel. Now he was soaking wet and angry, and I heard him cry out as he resumed our merry chase. I burs
