Five riders draped in dust-covered black cloaks halted at the edge of the Wood of the Dryads.  The leader stopped his horse in front of the others, raising his hooded head to scan the wall of foliage with dark, narrow eyes.

 "She is here, I can sense her," said the leader, smiling in satisfaction.

 "The Wood is dangerous, Master," warned one of the Murgo warriors.

 "Our Lord will protect us, as will I," replied the Grolim, hiding a sneer beneath his heavy hood.

 The Grolim named Yen-cho urged his dark mount through the widely spaced trees, entering the forbidding Wood.
 

 It was well into night when Yen-cho and the Murgos were forced to dismount and tie off their steeds.  The Murgos drew their swords, flanking Yen-cho as he probed with his mind, tracking his prey.  A few hours before dawn, Yen-cho halted, motioning for the Murgos to stop.
After several silent moments of meditation, Yen-cho turned to face his men.

 "The Dryads are close.  Slay whoever gets in our way, I will capture the Queen."

 The Murgos nodded in acknowledgment, weapons ready.

 Yen-cho unsheathed his own black dagger, marching into the forest clearing.

 The Dryads were completely unprepared when the Murgos attacked.  Gleaming blades cut down the Dryads before they could load their bows.  Yen-cho ignored the chaos behind him, he strode across the glade, intent on his quarry.

 "You cannot take her!" protested the Dryad Queen, standing bravely in front of Ce'Nedra.

 Yen-cho invoked his Will, blinded the Dryad woman.  As she flailed about, Yen-cho punched his dagger into her belly, ripping up into her sternum.  The Dryad Queen vomited blood, fell limply to the grass when Yen-cho tore out his dripping knife.

 Ce'Nedra knelt beside the dead Dryad, gazing up at Yen-cho with hate-filled eyes.

 "Come with me," ordered Yen-cho, bolstering his command with his Will.

 The young Queen's eyes glazed, she stood up and followed the Grolim back toward his murdering cohorts.
 The glade was littered with Dryad corpses.  The smell of blood was thick in the air as Yen- cho collected the Murgos and had them scout the way back to their waiting mounts.  The Angaraks moved through the Wood quickly, Yen-cho eager to leave the stifling forest.  He could barely sense an Adept
in the area, perhaps even one of the despised lapdogs of the Enemy.  The Murgos found a clear path to the horses, then mounted swiftly and waited for their master.  Yen- cho guided Ce'Nedra up into the saddle, then jumped up after her.  He wrapped his left arm around the young Queen's slim waist,
 grasping his horse's reins with his free hand and snapping them sharply.  The horse leapt forward, walking quickly past the trees.  The sun had begun lighting the forest canopy when the Angaraks burst free from the Wood.  Yen-cho sped up to a ground- eating gallop, heading northeast.

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 The Angaraks stopped at midday to rest the horses and eat a small meal of travel bread, salted beef, and water.

 "I will have to release the girl's mind, my hold on her might be detected where we're going," warned Yen-cho, directing an icy stare at each of his Murgo guards.  The Murgos nodded their understanding.

 Yen-cho stared into Ce'Nedra's green eyes, freeing her from his Will.

 "What?  Who are you?" demanded Ce'Nedra, glaring up at the black-robed Grolim.

 Yen-cho slapped Ce'Nedra across the face, knocking her to the ground.

 "You will not speak unless spoken to, you will obey my orders without question, if you resist, you will die," said Yen-cho coldly.

 Ce'Nedra wiped blood from her mouth, gazed up defiantly at the towering Grolim.

 "You won't kill me, you need me as a hostage," retorted Ce'Nedra.

 "You will serve my purposes willingly or not, your corpse will do just as well, at least I won't have to listen to you," smiled the Grolim cruelly, fingering the hilt of his dagger.

 Ce'Nedra fell silent, but kept her furious glare.

 "We have rested long enough, time to get moving," said Yen-cho, snatching Ce'Nedra's right wrist and yanking her to her feet.  The Angaraks resumed their ride, galloping across the vast Tolnedran plain.
 

 Yen-cho and the Murgos were still on the plain when night fell.  They stopped at dusk to make camp.  The Murgos set no fire, they ate cold rations before setting up a guard perimeter around Yen-cho and his prisoner.

 "Why have you kidnaped me?" asked Ce'Nedra softly.

 Yen-cho glanced sharply at the Queen, halting his prayer.  He knelt on the ground, facing east with palms pressed together before his robed chest.

 Ce'Nedra gulped, but did not break eye contact with the Grolim.

 "Our Lord says that you will give birth to a child that will change the world.  Our Lord wants you in our grasp so you cannot aid the Enemy.  We will hold you until Our Lord gives the command to slay you."

 "Why not just kill me now?"

 "Our Lord does not want you to die yet, unless you defy us," replied Yen-cho.

 Ce'Nedra fell silent, then noticed after a time that Yen-cho still gazed at her.

 "What?"

 "You are very strange, not like Angarak women," mused Yen-cho.

 Ce'Nedra lowered her eyes, fear churning like acid in her belly.

 Yen-cho approached Ce'Nedra, knelt beside her, fingered her long, curly red hair.

 "You are..pleasing," murmured Yen-cho, stroking Ce'Nedra's right cheek.

 "Your lord won't like this," said the Queen.

 "How would an infidel like you know the Will of Our Lord?" countered Yen-cho, placing his hand over Ce'Nedra's thin green tunic, groping her right breast.
 Ce'Nedra leapt at the Grolim, tearing at his swarthy face with her sharp fingernails.  Yen- cho slapped her, then reached down to rip off her tunic.  Ce'Nedra screamed, drawing the notice of the Murgo guards.  The Murgos merely watched, chuckling in amusement while Yen-cho gathered Ce'Nedra's wr
ists in his left hand and held them over her head, his free hand opening his dark robes.  Ce'Nedra struggled violently, kicking and bucking under the strong Grolim.  Yen-cho punched Ce'Nedra in the belly, forcing the air out of her lungs.  Ce'Nedra struggled to breathe as Yen-cho opened her legs
and slipped his thick cock into her pussy.

 "No," gasped Ce'Nedra, too weak to fight as Yen-cho shoved into her cunt, grunting with effort from each powerful thrust.  Yen-cho held Ce'Nedra's arms down with both hands, humping between her bent legs, licking her young, pert tits.  Ce'Nedra groaned, her body shaking with each rough thrust in
to her vagina.  Yen-cho licked Ce'Nedra's panting lips before driving his tongue into her mouth, invading her throat.  Ce'Nedra moaned weakly, her hands trapped in Yen-cho's tight grip while he licked down her neck to her bobbing tits.  He lapped her nipples, making them hard and erect.  The Grol
im's thrusts became faster, he groaned loudly with impending orgasm.  Ce'Nedra panted sharply, her hips shuddering, her thighs becoming slack as Yen-cho slapped against her cunt again and again.  The Grolim shot his load of cum inside Ce'Nedra, filling her hole to overflowing with his white cream
.
 

 Yen-cho rolled Ce'Nedra onto her belly, stroking her small buttocks with his rough hands.He slipped an index finger up Ce'Nedra's crack, slid his nail around her tiny anus.  Ce'Nedra wept harshly, her pussy throbbing from the Grolim's abuse.  Yen-cho rubbed the tip of his prick across Ce'Nedra's
 ass, dripped his sticky cum over her warm flesh.  He laid his cock head against Ce'Nedra's asshole, cum oozing into her sphincter.
 

 "Please, don't," sobbed Ce'Nedra.
 Yen-cho smiled, ramming his meat into Ce'Nedra's rectum.  Ce'Nedra screamed, clawing at the ground while the Grolim fucked her ass, shoving into her anus over and over.  Yen-cho ran his hands over Ce'Nedra's smooth back, squeezed her tight buttocks.  Ce'Nedra bit her lower lip until it bled, tea
rs blinding her as Yen-cho drove into her rectum repeatedly.  The Grolim's cock swelled again, filling the young Queen's anus to the breaking point.  Yen-cho slapped Ce'Nedra's buttocks, hitting them again and again until they glowed red.  Ce'Nedra's naked body shook, her tits crushed into the ha
rd ground, the Grolim's cum dripping from her thighs.  Yen-cho orgasmed, squirting milk into Ce'Nedra's tiny hole, the girl's ass quivering with pain.

 Yen-cho sat down, reaching forward to grab a handful of Ce'Nedra's long hair and yank her face towards his glistening cock.  He placed his hand behind Ce'Nedra's head and pushed her mouth onto his shaft.  The girl moaned in protest, the Grolim's member ramming up into her throat.  Yen-cho groane
d with pleasure, Ce'Nedra's lips stroking his pole, cleaning the cum from it.  Sated, Yen-cho released Ce'Nedra's head.  The girl coughed, wiping jizz from her trembling lips.
 

 "Satisfy me and you will live unharmed, resist and I will bestow torments upon you that will make your soul scream in agony.  Do you understand?" whispered Yen-cho, his dark eyes stabbing into Ce'Nedra's.

 "Y..yes," whimpered Ce'Nedra, clasping her thin arms over her bare breasts.
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