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the Dead Gods these country bumpkins were terrible.
    I cut the arm off of the one to my right and drew a smile along this throat with the tip of the blade. While he gurgled I stepped past the last assassin and drove my knee into his groin. He screamed in pain and I smashed the pommel of Corlintha’s sword into the back of his skull.
    “Drop your weapon.” The other two archers had closed the distance from the pavilion and now stood twenty feet from me. They had their arrows drawn and aimed at my chest. I glanced over their shoulders to my tent and saw that my escorts and slaves were dead. At least they had bought me a bit of killing time.
    “What if I say no?” I licked my lips and realized I was covered in blood. I reached up with my left hand and wiped at part of my mouth and then licked the tips of my fingers. It tasted a little more metallic than I guessed. Iron, copper, too much salt.
    “Then we will put you down,” one of the archers said. Their eyes flickered up over my shoulder and I looked back over to the caravan. There were another dozen of these assassins murdering the rest of my guards and servants.
    “If you drop your weapons I will let you live.” I sighed with annoyance.
    “We have arrows pointed at your chest bitch. We give the commands,” one said.
    “Do you know who I am?” I almost laughed. This was beyond ridiculous.
    “Of course, that is why we are here. Drop your sword.”
    I debated my options. I might be able to kill these two but I’d probably black out from the magic use. Then I’d be captured by the rest of their gang. If I went with them I was certain of what would happen. They wanted me for breeding and would have their strongest males take turns with me until I begot them scores of children. Perhaps my father’s tribe would rescue me, or perhaps I would escape, either way my fate wouldn’t be entirely under my own control.
    Eventually I was going to have to breed. There was no way around it. My powers were too vast to not gift to our race’s evolution. I did want a choice in the matter though. I didn’t choose to be a Singleborn but I would decide everything else in my life.
    Even when I would die.
    I pulled the World into me again. My stomach began to cramp, but I ignored the pain. The problem my kidnappers had was that they couldn’t really attack me. If an arrow penetrated my womb I would become infertile and useless to them. They would have preferred me dead if not in their custody but I doubt their orders were that detailed. They were probably told to capture me unharmed at all costs.
    “Die.” I choked out the word as flame erupted from both of their skulls like torches. They didn’t even scream, or move, they just did as I instructed before their ash filled husks fell over onto the green plains. It was extremely hard to use Fire without a path from the creator to the intended target. It was much harder to do it twice at the same time.
    I felt the grass caress my face and I startled awake. Every muscle in my body ached and I wanted to retch. I knew my horse was tied up to a tree about fifty yards from the pavilion. If I could get to the animal I might be able to make an escape to my father’s estate. I inhaled and smelled the stallion to my southwest. Now I was thankful that the grass was tall since it concealed my own crawl toward my steed.
    Shouts rang from the south of me. They had noticed the fire burst and were rushing from the covered wagons to the spot I had last been seen. I gritted my teeth, fought against the pain that ripped through my body, and tried to crawl faster through the grasslands. I wondered if the layers of blood and grass on me would cover my actual scent or if they would easily find me once they reached the burnt out husks. My senses were more acute than my kin but they could still use their noses to track game.
    “Shhh.” I tried to sooth my horse when I got to the animal’s feet. It didn’t seem to mind my presence. If anything, the