"Aye, milord, that we will."

"Keep yer mouths shut. If I hear ye've been talking about this, I'll hunt ye down and yer families."

Three heads nodded in supplicant agreement. The brothers felt it wasn't worth mentioning their family was already dead.

The knight looked each man in the eyes to reinforce his threat.

Everyone turned to the prisoner as she began struggling and making noise. It was obvious she wanted to speak.

The knight commander ...