Neracelc was faster and reacted by stopping the horse as he tied his left hand around Sulena to keep her still while placing his sword on her throat. Neracelc saw the man on top of the mound and looked at him slightly amused, but with a serious face.

"You are a stubborn one aren`t you??"

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Rhayader knotched another arrow and aimed at the man.
"Let her go now and i'll allow you to live."
He drew the arrow back and focused and on the man's head.
"This is your last chance."

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

[!*#_:]

Súlena was about to throw herself from the horse when she felt the cold sharp blade against her throat, she went still quickly. She bit her lip and looked at the man who aimed the arrow at Neracelc.

"No.. this is my last battle with you ranger for I need her to the river where the guards will let me pass because she could suffer if they wouldn`t and I have no intentions of dying here by you or the rohirrim..."

Neracelc pressed his sword harder against her throat.

"Back away!"

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Rhayader cursed and loosened his bow.
He rose to full height and strode down the mound keeping the bow aimed at him.
"Look, let her go and you can take me instead. She is an innocent."

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

[!*#_:]

"Do as he says!" came a strong voice from behind Neracelc. There sitting straight and noble on their horses where the Lord Arthion and the Lady Lithoniel, his cousin. Bows drawn and arrows aimed at Neracelc he had no hope of escape unless he bent to their terms. "Release her, or die a painful death. Our arrows do not easily miss." Arthion said again, the tone of his voice left no doubt his seriousness.

Súlena bit her lip, her eyes moving towards the new voices, but she kept her head completely still, the sword he held against her neck cut into her flesh a bit, she winced and gritted her teeth. Neracelc was cornered, which meant he would do anything to save his neck and if he went down, he would probably bring her with him. She bit her lip slightly, closing her eyes tightly, waiting to see no more, only to hope that she was wrong.

Neracelc turned his head towards the newcomers cursing, how did they get there? He looked around, he was wounded and cornered, he had patched up the wound, but it still affected. Neracelc looked at Rhayader with hesitation, the ranger was trecherous and he would probably try to knock him down, Neracelc kept his scimitar on her throat and showed it to the elves.

"It`s two head`s at the price of one! Do you have the guts to let me go and trust me or just let her die with me?"

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Súlena tried leaning away from the knife as much as possible, she bit her lip, wondering if she leaned back against him enough if he would fall off...

She started leaning back, but she remembered the blade would go through her throat when he fell back. She sighed and looked at the others, waiting to see what they would do.

Rhayader walked even closer to him.
"Let her go and take me in her place. You really think the guards of Rohan will care for an elf? They will surely let you pass with me as a prisoner."

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

[!*#_:]

"No" whispered Lithoniel, she did not wish for anyone to be taken. She and Arthion stood their ground. Arthion spoke "If you harm her or any other elf, the elves wil do all in their power to avenger her and you will pay dearly! We will not suffer our kin to hurt!" Then Lithoniel reached out to Neracelc with her mind saying This is futile and you know it, we are at a stalemate as long as you will not relinquish for you know that we will not. Hear me, for in this tongue I cannot lie, if you release the maiden you will be let go to do as you wish.

Neracelc looked back realising what the elf was doing and thought the following hoping that she heard.

And what about the ranger? Do you think that he will let me go, but besides I must confess that I have killed many members of your race and it hasn`t hurt me one bit...

Neracelc looked at the ranger for a while and then back to the elves, the elves would lie and the ranger would try to knock him out to serve `justice`. Neracelc finally looked at the Rhayader and hmped.

"Very well... toss your weapons aside and I mean all of them.... or well we can do it far more faster like this..."

Neracelc drew his crossbow and shot towards Rhayader`s right shoulder.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Súlena took the moment while Neracelc's guard was down, leaned forward and elbowed him in the nose as hard as she could, hoping he would fall to the ground so the others could grab him.

Neracelc suddenly felt stinging pain and cursed as his nose began to bleed, he hit the desperate victim with his crossbow keeping her down at least a while and then looking around him carefully, if the ranger was down and the elves moving.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Rhayader didn't see it coming in time and was hurled back by the force of the bolt. He gritted his teeth in pain and looked to his shoulder. A bolt was imbeded deep in his shoulder.
Rhayader sat up and threw a dagger at the man.
"You got to work on your bartering skills!"

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

[!*#_:]

To Neracelc amazement the ranger was stupider than he thought and soon Neracelc left stinging pain in his left arm, he cursed as he drew the dagger away and jumped down from his horse hiding behind it so that the elves wouldn`t have a clear shot, but so that he could attack Rhayader. Neracelc drew his sword.

"If you hadn`t noticed... my darts have poison that will put you to sleep so..."

Neracelc said with grin on his face and then he took few steps forwards targeting a hard hit with the back of his scimitar towards Rhayaders chin.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!