Chapter Twenty-Six

It was only a matter of minutes before a small group of amazon guards rode up on horseback.  Like the women, the horses were oversized.  Even though the ones that Kendra and her companions rode were the size of draft horses on the surface of earth, the ones that the amazon women sat astride made the ones that Kendra and her companions rode seem like small ponies. 

“You’re a brave one, Trudy Desmond,” barked the head guard.

“Look at the girl on the travois, Gilda,” Trudy said to the guard. “She needs help now.”

After a brief second of indecision, Gilda urged her horse closer to Ari. The sound of her sucking in air permeated their ears. “What beast got ahold of her?”

“We’ll tell you, but we’re wasting time standing here,” Kendra boldly said.  “We traveled an easy hour to get here.  She’s been in pain for some time now.”

The guard g