Der Fluchtversuch

[...] ...and maybe a crossbow bolt through the eye would be enough to finish off an infirm dragon. Sir Roderick had just gazed pitifully at her telling her in his deep, grave voice that it would be inappropriate for the sacrifice to commit suicide. So much for that.

Around noon on the third day the soldiers started getting jumpy, casting nervous glances over their shoulders. And wouldn't that rocky hill in the distance maybe qualify as a mountain with some good will? Caitlin's heart sank, they were getting close. If she wanted to escape from her fate as lizard food it had to happen soon.

In the afternoon of the same day the first real possibility presented itself in the form of a large lake. The hill (or mountain) looked very close now and the terrain had gotten decidedly rocky. Boulders were strewn along the ridges of the lake. Its waters looked red in the light of the sinking sun, and more importantly they looked deep. Caitlin looked around surreptitiously, ever since her asking about weapons there was always one soldier near her. Luck was with her though, for the horses were now as jumpy as the soldiers and it was nearly impossible to bring them down to the water's edge to drink. When a splash sounded from the far side of the lake a few of them bolted and during the chaos which followed Caitlin sprinted towards water's edge, climbed up a boulder, and dove into the lake. [...]

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