Chapter Twenty-Four

The group rode in silence.  Although they knew that it would not be pleasant, cauterizing Ari’s wounds proved to be a more emotionally traumatic task than they’d imagined it would be.  Her screams from the pain were not only heart-wrenching, but were of deep concern since they were very close to the valley of creatures.  Two terminator pigs would be the least of their worries if the creatures on the other side of the hill took notice of their presence.

Although she harbored dislike for Ari after the way she’d behaved toward the very brave and impressive Kendra after she’d saved her from that amazon woman and a touch of jealousy over the fact that she had Felix and didn’t really deserve him, Alice couldn’t help the deep sense of pity and remorse over what happened to Ari. No one, not even a bitch like Ari, deserved what happened to her.

They’d traveled about thirty minutes when a half dozen amazon women on horseba