On top of the startled orc, Clara pushed her sword farther into his chest. He seized, then slumped, head and arms falling to the cold ground, moving no more.

Clara removed both blades from the orc’s body and used his loin cloth to quickly wipe them clean. The other two orc lay on the ground moaning quietly, content to let the small woman dressed in black leave them to their wounds.

Clara ran for the other side of the courtyard as the alarm went off, announcing there was an intruder in their midst and a possible jailbreak scenario in progress.