Serena heard a man's voice and tried to make her mind focus. Forcing her pain filled eyes open. The grip on her throat was brutal and the fact the attacker was her uncle only made it that much harder to comprehend. She had never met her uncle and her father had only said he was a twisted serpant of a man. She was really wishing she hadn't encountered him on this day. Her vision, though blurry, began to focus in on the knight of a man whose shield reflected in the fire and light from the sun. She wondered though what her uncle would do. Would he let her go or continue to try to kill her? She hoped the knight could save her. In fact she was going to put her faith in the strange warrior's intentions. May it prove true for her sake. Her father and his men were riding through the castle town rapidly.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Henry, the warlock and her uncle, turned when he heard a man's voice. Staring as if slightly baffled by the man's "idiocy" or bravery in this case. To the warlock it all amounted to about the same thing. He slightly lowered the princess but not by much. "Unhand her? When my revenge is so nearing complete? To a man in armor yet bearing no true grounds upon which to challenge me? I think not." He says darkly. He launched the fireball at the man. Knowing a split second after he did that it would merely hit the shield and be unaffected. Scowling as he kept his gaze on the knight. "What are you going to do if I break her neck foolish knight? I am far from afraid of you." He turned still holding the almost blacked out princess in the air. "You want her set free than your going to have to force my hand." He says in a dark taunting tone. Smirking a second later. "Be careful sir knight because I will use everything at my disposal even this poor damsel in distress to ensure I get out of here alive." He added darkly.</span>