124 Chapter 124

I didn't even have my complete faculties, let alone able to move away. He lifted me up by the front of my dress like an errant child. My foggy vision narrowed on the face of the helmet and the invisible eyes no doubt glaring out at me from its depths.

Then they became visible. Very visible. Glowing a bright red, just like Gus's, or a B rated fantasy movie.

Seriously, brother?

Static scratched at my chest, painful and tickling. The nails of the black knight's magic.

Gus reappeared, his arms wrapped about the knight's head like octopus limbs. He didn't warn the knight. He didn't threaten 'you better let her go!' like they also do in lame movies. He just braced and twisted.

But the knight's head resisted--resisted the entire strength of Gus's body fighting to snap his neck. It did manage to get the knight to drop me. My pins-and-needles weak body screeched at the contact. I lost consciousness for a moment from the pain.