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And then there were three
For a moment, it looked like the remaining guards were going to jump the tigress. Silver shone in their hands and with two dead, they were not found wanting for a good cause to slaughter her.
Realism stopped them dead in their tracks. How could even a hundred guards kill that thing if she slaughtered them with such ease?
And Simmis, he decided he was going to be captain not by killing the enemy, but by becoming the veteran guard if ever there would be fresh recruits. It wasn't treachery, exactly. They were ordered to stall, not to die. It had been long enough.
He gestured.
"U... u... u...pp... up..."
Clutching at a chance to live, the other two nodded vigorously.
"It's up the stairs," one added.
"In the tower," added his helppful friend.
"all the way...
"U... u... u...pp... up...," went Simmis.
There was more nodding, as they nervously shuffled their feet.
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