As Alexander got the woman to safety a bandit had followed them , Alexander drew his sword as the bandit wielded his mace , the bandit swung his mace at him narrowly missing Alexander. Alexander moved in close and thrust his sword at the bandit and landed a blow on his arm , the bandit raged and charged at him , the two men fighting as the woman looked on in fear , suddenly Alexander tripped on a branch and fell on his back then the bandit jumped on him and wrapped his hands around Alexander's neck , as he tried to escape the bandits grasp Alexander was able to grab a stone and hit the bandit with it , he crawled towards his sword as the bandit looked at the woman then reached out and grabbed her , she struggled to escape from his grip and tried to push him away "help me" she screamed then Alexander picked up his sword and ran towards the bandit, the man pushed the woman down and pulled out a knife and swiped at Alexander "how dare you lay your hands on lady" said Alexander as he thrust his sword towards the bandit, the two men wrestled pushing each other around then the bandit charged at the woman again, Alexander quickly pulled out his dagger and threw it at the man, the man shouted in agony as the dagger went through his leg then crawled across the ground, Alexander walked over to the man with his sword in hand and stood over him , the bandit suddenly tripped Alexander up and he fell to the ground then the man jumped towards him as Alexander drove his sword straight through his gut , "you'll never harm a lady again" he said as he twisted his sword then pulled it out. Alexander shuffled across the ground and leaned against a tree catching his breath as the woman walked over to him , "thank you" she said , I'm Alexander my lady, what's your name" he asked, "my name is Lucy" she said as she sat next to him , her long red hair and green eyes like emeralds sparkling in the sunlight. "I shall escort you home my lady" he said , they walked back to the village and saw the rest of the bandits had gone and climbed atop his faithful horse and rode further north...to be continued