A large hand wraps around my wrist from behind. I start to scream as the knife is plucked from my hand.
“Easy, girl. Easy. Easy. Easssssyyy...” the warrior behind me soothes me. It doesn’t work. I am staring into Mattias’ face. I can’t read his expression. But he is holding me there, letting the man who owns me take hold of me too. He is keeping me caught.
“Let me go!” I scream the words, but nobody obeys them. More hands come. More men join in to restrain me. I start to flail, to kick, to fight for all I am worth, but there are too many of them, and they are all too strong for me. Any one of them alone could overcome me. Together, they are an overwhelming force.
They carry me away from the body, out of the room. They take me god knows where to do god knows what.
“Mattias! Don’t let th
