Rebecca was split between running for her life or just staying still, pretending to be dead.
Either way, she was dead. The first option guaranteed a bullet to her head instantly and the latter meant a public beheading ceremony, prepared with the utmost care.
Rebecca closed her eyes and flinched as she saw the King's men coming for her. Their hand's outstretched, their footsteps closing in on her.
But then something very unexpected happened.
There was a loud explosion and the room was covered with thick, unpenetrable clouds of smoke .
A pair of hands slid below Rebecca's thigh and waist and scooped her up from the ground and flung her on his back, upside down.
She had no idea what was happening. She couldn't see anything. The hall was erupting with chaos as everyone ran hither a
