The first spear tore the flesh of her thigh as it wheezed past her and splintered the top of the tree she was on. The second spear missed her, but the third one struck right in the buttock and jutted from the front through the front side on the left of her groin. It hit her midair when she was leaping to the next tree. Giera fell to the ground with a soft thud, the thick layer of snow taking the impact of her fall. The place where she fell was immediately colored red. Giera tried to get up. The spear wedged to the ground, fixing her buttock on its place. Her mind became dizzy and she saw white stars in her vision. She caught hold of the spear, as she breathed heavily, to break it, but she found Ileus towering over her with his boot on her injured thigh.
"Giera," he said through his clenched teeth. "Why did you kill the healer?" he hissed without wasting time. He needed information and he needed it badly.
