Chapter 287

Xena's POV

The jagged metal trembled inches from my chest. But I could feel how frail she'd become whatever they'd done to her in that dungeon had left her body broken.

"You FUCKING WHORE!" she screamed, spittle flying from her cracked lips.

1 managed to twist my body, using my leverage to roll her off me. The movement sent agony through my injured ribs, but adrenaline numbed the worst of it. As she scrambled to regain her position, I grabbed her wrist with my right hand and slammed it against the tile floor.

The makeshift weapon clattered away, spinning across the wet surface.

Martha clawed at my face with her free hand, her nails raking across my cheek. "I'll kill you! I'll kill you all!"

YOU MOTHERFUCK, I growled, driving my knee up into her stomach.

She doubled over, gasping, and I used the momentum to flip her onto her back. Before she could recover, I wrapped my right hand around her throat and squeezed just hard enough to cut off her air supply.

Her eyes bulged as she clawed weakly at my grip, her movements becoming more and more sluggish. Within seconds, her body went limp beneath me.

ribs as the reality of what had just happened crashed over me. Martha had been here, in this room,

rapid-fire assault, making it hard to breathe. I reached out through the mind link, my mental voice shaky with residual

"Ama," I called.

Her response was

attacked me.

Are you hurt? Are you

my voice trembled. "I'm just...

cold, and I need someone to help me

coming right now!" Ama's panic was evident even through the

"Thank you."

and forgot to close the door. If something had

trying to calm her

Ama burst through the door with Penelope and two female warriors close behind. They rushed

said, her voice breaking as she hurried

as she guided me to the sofa in the main room. Once I was seated, I reached out and gently touched her head, offering what comfort

her up," Penelope commanded the two warriors, gesturing

feet with rope they'd brought. Penelope watched them work,

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