Posts Tagged ‘captured’  Betrayal: Into the Ogres Den  Here’s
chapter 9 of Betrayal’s Hands, for your reading pleasure.
Already a dark book it takes an even darker tone near the end.
Darker than I’d intended but my editor when this was written
called for a harsher treatment. I actually argued with her and
ended up working out a compromise. What am I talking about? Read
it and find out!  Chapter 9  Teri was cold. Her feet were
ragged, bloody and numb. Krev had run for what seemed like hours
before stopping to set her down.  “You’ll run, girl. Like your
life depends on it.” Krev grinned, “It does.”  She stared at him
dumbly until he had reached out to push her onto the twisted
trail. She’d stumbled and started to run with Krev behind her
every step. They’d pushed through bush too dense for armored men
on horseback, hoping to delay pursuit. To throw off the
pursuer’s hounds, Krev made her run through an icy stream for
what seemed like an eternity. She’d emerged dripping and
shivering, only to be pushed on again