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stained with blood. She hadn't been able to see that yesterday after they went to
bed, not with rain and clouds turning the day almost as dark as night, but she was
willing to bet that if she had been able to see the man clearly she would also have
seen the blood.

"Oh, you fool!" Elissia breathed at the unmoving body, fear turning her throat tight
and making all of her tremble. "And I'm a double fool for having believed you were
all right."

If the savage had been healthy and on his feet in front of her, she probably would
have hit him with something hard. Doing something this stupidтАж! How was she
supposed to get him back to Ramsond and into the care of a doctor? Carry him to
his horse? Even if she could get him out of the cabin and across his saddle, the trip
would probably do him even more damage. She could ride to the city herself and
bring help back, but that would mean leaving him all alone and unprotected. So
how -

"Elissia, you're a triple fool!" she growled at herself, briefly wondering how any
woman who claimed to be able to think could be so thickheaded. The savage was
never left unprotected because he never went anywhere alone, a fact she'd used to
poke at him with at one point. That should mean his men were around somewhere,
and all she had to do was find themтАж

"All," Elissia muttered as she headed for the door of the room. "If those idiots are
still trying to stay out of sight and hearing - ! How can they do that when their
king's life could well be in danger?"

Distantly Elissia knew she was being unreasonable, but also being worried sick
meant that reason went out the window. She strode to the front door, pulled it open,
then hurried outside. Small patches of mud still dotted the ground here and there,
remnants of the rain that hadn't had time to dry up. The rainтАж Had the savage's
men really spent a cold, wet night in the open instead of going back to the city and
a warm barracksтАж?

"Help!" Elissia called, desperately banishing all thoughts of men returning to
comfort when they would be so badly needed. "If anyone can hear me, I need help!"

For a long, terrifying moment there was no response, and Elissia was about to call
again when a man in black leather suddenly appeared out of the woods.



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Queen Brat by Sharon Green

"May I be of service, Your Majesty?" the man called over as he paused just beyond
the trees. "Your breakfast and the king's will be brought in just a - "

"Never mind breakfast!" Elissia interrupted, ignoring the fact that her insides did
feel very hollow. "Your king isn't asleep he's unconscious, and we have to get him