Forged Destiny [Book 7: Ch. 12]

"You damn- ARGHH!" A scream burst out my throat as something sharp dug into my left shin. It buckled immediately, toppling me onto the Barbarian who had wrested a knife from his belt while I'd been distracted.

"Got you!" he laughed.

"Bastard." I backhanded him hard, reached down and clutching my wounded leg. "I'm trying to save your life. Your own leader wants me to kill you." I kicked his face, knocking a tooth free. "And this is the thanks I get?"

The knife came around again but this time I caught the Barbarian's wrist and tried to wrestle it out his hands.

—Forged Destiny [Book 7: Ch. 12]