Long way home
The young woman struggled in her captor’s huge arms as he carried her along, letting off muffled sobs and shrieks which only grew more hysterical as she felt a sharp blow to her head, inflicted by the wiry man walking beside them. She was hit repeatedly, but it wasn’t until she felt a blade pressed against her throat that she was cowed into silence. “You’ll keep that mouth shut if you know what’s good for you,” the wiry man whispered threateningly into her ear, with a wary glance into the...