"Get down, Captain Windrush!" The voice came from nowhere as Batoor erupted from the shadows. Jack barely heard the hiss of his tulwar, and the first of his guards crumpled, her throat slashed wide open. The second woman turned, and Batoor thrust his blade into her breast and twisted it. Her scream echoed as the third woman swung at Batoor with her sword.
Jack threw himself forward, knocking the woman sideways, so her blade missed Batoor by a handspan. Dropping the knife into his hand, Jack reversed it and stabbed, catching her at the side of the throat. Warm blood spurted as he ripped the blade sideways, ignoring the woman"s gurgling screams.
"Glad to see you, Batoor," he said as the Pathan wiped his blade clean on the clothes of his first victim.
"You were not hard to find," Batoor sa
