Bride of the Castle (1994)
“Gene said. “Don’t feel like running a gauntlet today.”
“Well, you’re probably not going to have any choice in the matter,” Snowclaw said as he watched the barbarians line up by twos, their swords and axes ready.
“I prefer not to.”
Snowclaw chuckled. “They prefer otherwise. Looks like a bunch of them are going to chase you through the lineup from one side, so you can’t go back. You’ll have to fight your way through.”
“My goddamn head hurts.”
Snowclaw stepped back and surveyed the makeshift stock...ade that imprisoned them. “I could rip out these posts with a little work. Maybe we could make a break for it.”
“They’d catch us. Besides, I’m going to teach them a lesson for whacking me on the head.”
“Oh, you are?”
“Yup.”
Snowclaw chortled again. “Fine by me. This is gonna be good.”
“Should be.”
The sky was overcast, a gray dome above the steppes. A chilly wind blew in from the west, where a low-hanging sun was a ball of yellow fuzz surrounded by swirls of gray.MoreLess
“Well, you’re probably not going to have any choice in the matter,” Snowclaw said as he watched the barbarians line up by twos, their swords and axes ready.
“I prefer not to.”
Snowclaw chuckled. “They prefer otherwise. Looks like a bunch of them are going to chase you through the lineup from one side, so you can’t go back. You’ll have to fight your way through.”
“My goddamn head hurts.”
Snowclaw stepped back and surveyed the makeshift stock...ade that imprisoned them. “I could rip out these posts with a little work. Maybe we could make a break for it.”
“They’d catch us. Besides, I’m going to teach them a lesson for whacking me on the head.”
“Oh, you are?”
“Yup.”
Snowclaw chortled again. “Fine by me. This is gonna be good.”
“Should be.”
The sky was overcast, a gray dome above the steppes. A chilly wind blew in from the west, where a low-hanging sun was a ball of yellow fuzz surrounded by swirls of gray.MoreLess
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