Seline did not have to wait long for the other volunteers to be ready. Most of them were also relatives of the men that had been captured. The Captain passed out swords and pistols to everyone that was going. They had not yet trained with pistols, but that did not matter to Seline. She had seen her father and Heinz shoot many times, both at home and out pheasant hunting. She had gone with them when she was younger, but when she turned 12 her mother said that it was time she grew up and learned lady like things, and she was forced to stay behind and learn needle point instead.
The captain moved to the front of the group on his horse and turned around to face the men who were also mounted. “We will be moving out and heading single file through the forest. You will follow me and keep quiet.
