Chapter 151

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 posing as locals who deliberately blocked the road, preventing the herd from advancing towards Geestendorf. In frustration, he and Tedric rode to the front of the herd to move them when they first heard Charlotte scream. Tedric, also on horseback, did his best to keep up with Jagger, but it was too late for them to help Odo.