Part 4 (2/2)
The best Logan could do was kick out with his good leg. But his feeble efforts only deflected the blade, which came down on his naked shoulder, slicing into his flesh like hot fire and drawing blood.
As the man swooped in for another thrust, Logan rolled across the stone floor with his attacker in full pursuit. He came slamming up against a wall, panting hard.
The knife was inches from his throat when a shout from the doorway stopped the action.
Rinna leaped into the room. ”Haig, no!”
The old man stared at her. ”How did he get in here? What in the name of the G.o.ds is he doing in this cave?”
”I brought him through the portal. Then in here. He was caught in a trap that Falcone set for me,” she answered.
”You should have left him there!”
An expression of horror contorted her delicate features. ”How can you say that? You're the one who taught me that the strong have to help the weak.”
”He's not weak! He's well-fed and well-muscled. I'll wager he never went without a meal a day in his life.”
”He's sick-from the trap.” She gave Logan a good look and gasped. ”You cut him!”
He made a grunting sound. ”He fought me.”
She advanced on the old man. ”Put down the knife.”
He glared at her, then dropped the weapon to the stone floor with a clatter.
She gave him one more warning look, then ran to the back of the cave. A minute later, she came pelting toward them, still barefoot. But she had pulled a tunic over her head. She also held a tray with a basin of water and a white cloth.
Kneeling beside Logan, she began to wash the shoulder wound. He winced.
”Sorry. I need to see how deep it is,” she told him.
The old man was speaking again. ”It could be a trick,” he insisted. ”Falcone could have sacrificed one of his men.”
”He's a shape-s.h.i.+fter. That's why he's naked. I had to help him change to get him out of the trap.”
”You helped him?” the old man breathed.
”Yes.”
”That's an unacceptable risk.”
”I'll be the judge of that.” She spared him an angry glance.
”You shouldn't have left him in here. How was I to know he was okay?”
”Because I had to open the door to let him in. Now stop arguing, Haig.” She turned back to Logan. ”Come on.”
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