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But I’ up that easily

“C’ it!”

He charges ht before he slaht be with many, but they’re not sainst them

Another one comes in, but Claudio incapacitates him with one quick jab in the throat I fend off the next one, using a punch to the stomach and a knee in the jaw One by one, they all fall Butin like an endless strea to lose what little energy I had left to fend off our attackers And we’re not a single step closer to any exit if we can even find one

“Howdown another one

“As many as it takes to make you kneel”

The shrewd voice up ahead makes my skin crawl

“Molly,” I say through gritted teeth as she steps into the hallway, blocking the only exit from this hellhole

“A little birdie told er back and forth “Bad little dog”

“Coht me, you witch!” I bark

Claudio steps in front of h me”

She clacks her long fingernails together, throwing a terrible smirk at us “Hmm … I think I will” She points at us, and yells, “Get ’em!”

More guards than ever before co a whole different outfit, causing ht just now and before not hers? Because these ht now are definitely Irish, but the otherto the same family

Are we even in Irish territory? Or are we being kept elsewhere to keep Mario fro out where I am?

Of course, Molly would do so so devious to try to shake off anyone ould come to rescue me

“C’h the men who come near

I throw soh every ive in

However, they just keep corab rabs me by the neck, and they pin me down to the floor Soon, Claudio is captured too, and shackles are put around our wrists which are bound on our backs