The MacKinnon Clan 1-3 Omnibus by April Holthaus

Author:April Holthaus [Holthaus, April]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00PPXJZKS
Goodreads: 23841323
Published: 2014-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Bram,” Ewan yelled out in desperation when he noticed that Bram was limping and barely showing the strength to drag his sword behind him. Bram fell to his knees after being slashed across the chest by his assailant. Ewan ran toward the man with unrestrained fury. With one mighty strike of his sword, Ewan severed the man’s head from his body. Fighting off the men circling around him, he created enough of an opening to ward off any further potential harm to Bram.

“Ewan,” Oliver hollered out, “We must retreat. They are closing in from the left and the right.”

Ewan looked back at Bram. His motionless body lay upon the muddy ground. Ewan wiped his hand over his face to clear his eyes from the rain and sweat. Ewan stood silently searching for his fellow comrades. However, not many of them still stood.

“We can no’ save ‘em. His blood is no’ on yer hands, Brother. We must retreat now,” Oliver said as he cupped Ewan’s shoulder, seizing him from taking another step.

Oliver was right. The only thing Ewan could do now was retreat if he wished to live. For a moment, it was a hard decision for him to make. He came into this battle willing to give his last breath, but evidence showed that they were losing this fight and there was no honor in giving up.

Ewan saw a small group of men who had survived the slaughter flee towards the forest of Torwood. With a guilty conscience, he looked back at Bram one last time and ran toward a rider-less horse and climbed onto its back. Racing away from the battle he headed off into the woods. The heavy rain falling down had washed away most of the blood and grime on his clothes.

When he got to the edge of the forest, he glanced back for a moment as the English knights had begun to retreat from their victory and continued onward. Catching up with Oliver and the other men, he discovered they were badly wounded. But Ewan knew that it wasn’t their injuries that caused them to remain so quiet and emotionless. They were broken men. Tired, hungry and exhausted, they traveled together towards home.

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