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Eliza knew they couldn’t be the sa from? With the arrival of the new pursuers, Eliza had little doubt now they were Scraggan’s men
“Go into the trees again” Eliza gasped, knowing they didn’t have a chance of outrunning the threejust how many more lay hidden further ahead
“Why?”
“Do it!” She ordered ignoring his look of surprise as she nudged Guinness directly into the path of Edward’s horse and in doing so gave Edward little option than to follow her instructions Within e and uneven forest floor
Edward paused, wondering what she was planning He studied her carefully, a little nonplussed at this new, decisive Boudicca-style side to her and he wasn’t sure he was all too comfortable with it He suddenly wondered what it was like to be on the wrong side of her temper, and if all of that fiery passion re-appeared between the sheets
“What the hell are you doing?” He snapped watching in horror as she slid from Guinness’ back and held out the reins to hinored the strips of leather she held aloft and pushed his horse around, effectively trapping her between the horses “Eliza, don’t play gaet out of here”
“Listen tothe reins on the floor when hethe cloak “We have a better chance of evading them if we split up”
“No!” Edward’s abrupt disht air
Eliza pointed to the far distance “Lymster is over there, I a towards Derby there is a large barn, a huge monstrosity that sits in theto it without being seen fro it at him when he refused to take it
“Lymster is back on that road” She nodded towards the narrow strip of road barely visible through the night “You ride Guinness and I’ll ride your horse If you wear the cloak, they will think you are me and will most probably chase you, but on Guinness they don’t have a chance of catching you He is too big for me to control if he decides to take his head and I don’t feel coallop, especially on my own”
She watched with satisfaction as Edward reluctantly dis the wisdoh her, as he placed his hands on her waist and hoisted her up on to the sh toGuinness and shaking out the cloak behind him
His eyes h the darkness
“This is sheer insanity” He growled hating to acknowledge that together their chances weren’t good They could out-run a group of three men – maybe, if they were lucky But they couldn’t out-run a continual flow of people The horse would grow tired sooner rather than later given their exertions already It was growing increasingly more important that they found somewhere to rest and take sustenance
“If you can find so so to alleviate th
e sheer terror thruh her veins, only this time her fear wasn’t just for herself, it was for him too