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Jared watched the woman soldier take on a renewed drive to save her companion and she sped away through the swamps, sloshing and breaking twigs of dead trees all around. There was no sneaking in now, but there was also no time for dally. This might be the very reason why so many people were disappearing! Murderers hiding out in the swamps!
He ran to catch up to Acacia, hoping he'd know how to use this sword when the time came.
The sounds of shouting, splashing and all kinds of hooplah startled the men inside the camp, and the leader of this band of hooligans stopped in his advance with the knife. He looked back at the others, and they were already on their feet and out the tent door to face whatever was coming. The leader too left, leaving Rehan inside and bound.
Jared saw five men appear from the tent, all armed with swords themselves, and looking surprised to have been found. Jared did not know what to do. These guys knew how to fight with swords probably a lot better than he. He decided to slow down and cut behind a tree, not being seen since Acacia was so far ahead of him and screaming at the bandits in her thirst for their blood...
He realized that this would be a great chance if he stayed out of sight to work his way around behind the trees and brush and creep into the tent...while Acacia was busy keeping the bad guys busy. If luck was with them, her friend would be inside and would be able to help Acacia fight.
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