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Melee
Melanie noted with satisfaction Julian's expression, shocked and intimidated, as he turned away from her and rejoined the fray. He was charming enough, and certainly nice to look at, but it never hurt to keep a man off-balance. Besides, he, and Raedrick as well for that matter, seemed to forget sometimes that she was no delicate flower that needed protection.
Julian disappeared into the fray, and Melanie turned her attention elsewhere. The gap in the barricade was temporarily stopped by the corpses of a couple horses. Some of Farzal's men were climbing over on foot, though. Selam stood alone, sword in hand, to meet them.
He could handle himself, from what she had been told.
The two archers on the barricade were having a rougher time of it. Three arrows flew over the wall for
