No more mister nice guy

"Ceriden, please don't do this... I can't give you the book...". This was getting too much for Gareth. Without any warning he moved faster than she could see, grabbed her by the neck and pushed her against a tree. "You really should have thought of that earlier. Now, please don't take this personal, but just leave" he said with a low threatening growl. He then took her bag and let her go.

Unable to move or speak out of fear Sabina sort of collapsed at the base of the tree. She looked up at him in disbelief and shock.

Gareth just turned around and threw the bag towards Ceriden. He might not know what Ceriden planned to do with it, but it almost couldn't be worse than what Sabina wanted to do.

Sabina, who was still in shock, stumbled to her feet with tears streaming from her eyes, but she still couldn't say a word. Quickly she grabbed hold of the horse and looked towards Ceriden, somehow hoping that he might change his mind, though that probably wasn't going to happen.