A Warrior's Redemption (The Warrior Kind)

Shaking the bars of my cage I screamed, "Let them go! They've done nothing wrong! If it's blood you want then kill me, but let them go they're innocent!"

Marfoul laughed as he advanced toward Samantha, "Afraid I can't do that Roric. They are after all traitors for harboring and abetting you, and what's worse than that is that they are Creator-worshipers."

He seemed to spit out the last word with utter hatred. Turning to the crowd he announced jubilantly, "I think it's time to get the festivities you came to see underway, don't you?"

The crowd roared its approval not knowing what was going to happen, but expecting to see a good show, especially whenever one of the Temple Brotherhood was involved.

Marfoul reached an arm around Samantha's shoulder, who tried her best to pull back from him, but he wouldn't let her. She was at the end of the line. Her three boys and Dorie stood between her and Eliak. All of them were connected to a single length of rope, with their hands bound in front of them to the rope.

Suddenly, Marfoul bent and kissed Samantha forcefully on the mouth for a long moment, even as she resisted bitterly. Eliak roared like an enraged bull and started forward for Samantha and Marfoul, but was brought up short by several spears leveled out against him.

Marfoul drew his head back sharply, blood staining his lip from where Samantha had managed to bite him. He struck her sharply across the face, with the back of his hand.

Marfoul seeing that Eliak was about ready to walk through spear points to get to his wife's side sneered and said, "Well if you want her that much big boy go and get her!" And with that taunt said Marfoul shoved Samantha over the cliff's edge.

Samantha's face was white with terror as she fell, but she mouthed three words to her family before she disappeared over the edge.

"Samantha!" Eliak roared out, as he ran towards the edge of the cliff.

The slack quickly disappeared from the line between Samantha and her eldest son, and as the line drew taught it jerked him off his feet along with his two brothers and Dorie. He slid off the side of the cliff following after his mother before he had a chance to catch a grip on the cliff top. He was soon followed by his brothers and sister. They tried desperately to hold onto something to halt their free fall, but failed to do so as they were dragged toward the edge screaming hysterically in terror. As Dorie disappeared over the edge she screamed out, "Daddy!"