After running for a few seconds, Isabella stopped. What was the need for her to run away if Angelo was going to be killed? No, she was going to fight together with him and if they lost and those men tried to have their way with her, she would drown herself in the sea.

She knew though that Angelo would never agree so, she bent and slowly walked toward the rocks. She picked up a stick and hid behind the rocks where no one would see her.

Her arm was in a lot of pain because her wound had become ...