Dragoncrest Cliffs "With it or on it."

behind her, somewhere, the brute dies -- something blix won't realize until they're done here, and then, with only a pang of regret that both her brother and mallaidh now have gotten one up on her. right now, though, there is only the surprise of force against her as the other interloper lashes in a panic on the tail end of her bloodcurdling scream, and dimly, blixen thinks, she's gotta be young like her siblings. the frenzied effort to wrench free is not enough to completely throw her off, though she feels a sharp pain at her abused shoulder, her hold on the girl's neck twisting under their movements. it's like trying to keep hold of a particularly sharp and slippery rodent, she thinks, and shoves forward, hoping to more or less force the girl onto the ground and pin her down (and hoping mallaidh gets the memo) -- gritting her teeth through her desperate hits.