Chapter 52: As the Madness Spreads

Cliff pushed his horse harder; he was on the road north toward Castle Fairfield. He had traveled south to meet the raiders that would steal Izzy back for him before he went west to find the others in his party. An hour passed and he rode closer to the dark cabin in the woods. It was hidden on a path that few knew about. It was two stories, but it blended in with the giant evergreens surrounding it.

He dismounted and put his horse in the stable next to the cabin before he walked in the door without preamble.

“Are you ready?” Cliff asked the three men standing inside the room.

All three men were dressed in all black, they had a wild look in their eyes. The same look Cliff sported when he watched Izzy from afar.

“Do you have her?” the closest man, Mikael, asked.

“She is being brought north as we speak,” Cliff said, nodding his head.

“You trust the Rangers?” Rikkard asked, the skepticism in his eyes.

“No, but they will do the job f