Charlotte screamed in fright. She tried to turn Noor around and go to Odo, but a man stepped up and tightly grasped the reins of her horse and held a sword to her chest. "Odo!" she yelled hopelessly, but there wasn't anything she could do.

Already Jagger was leaning over the neck of his courser as it galloped up the narrow road towards them. Villagers scattered out of the way as he thundered past. He'd been cleverly distracted by a few men ...