Sir Kit’s mouth gaped open before he began to laugh uproariously. “And I suppose you think you’ll be the one to make all those things happen, Sir Isaac? This is my land, and my father’s land, and I’ll do what I like here. And you will do nothing about it.” He pushed Sir Isaac’s blade away, totally unconcerned about the rivulet of blood it left behind.
He didn’t give any warning when he attacked, either, and Summer screamed. Even as he lunged forward, intending to run Sir Isaac through, he carried on insulting. “I have to wonder why you’re so concerned about the peasants here — perhaps one of them is your sister? Or maybe your mother. Probably your mother.”
Sir Isaac glowered as menacingly as he could muster, the effect somewhat ruined by the light breeze ruffling his unruly curls. Frowning at the male before him, he nodded and then began to speak slowly, as if he were conversing with a child, or someone lacking of intelligence; the latter quite likely in this particular case. “Of course I do. Why else would I be confronting you in this manner with my sword, unless I intended to win this battle? Although now it appears to be a battle of wits and words, I have no problem dissolving into violence if that makes my message sink in.”
Managing just to whack the hilt of his sword off of the other male’s chin, he dove and rolled out of the wave with effortless ease, then his eyes darkened at the other male’s following words. “My mother is dead, so that would be quite impossible. And I’m concerned because I’m a decent human being, not a monster, like you.”
Sir Kit’s eyes darkened with rage. “They are mine!” he screeched, flailing with his sword. His anger seemed to have driven whatever training he had right out of his head, and he chopped haphazardly at Sir Isaac for a few moments before turning around and grabbing Summer by the wrist again.
Laughing madly, Sir Kit pulled her in front of him, with her whimpering in terror. He groped her, watching Sir Isaac with a crazy light in his eyes. “You’re too decent to stop me,” he said, sword still wavering between them.