Although John Rourke was easily able to stay ahead of them because he had planned ahead and brought a spare mount, at the pace he had to push both animals, there was no time for resting. At this rate, the horses would be played out in another few hours, as would those ridden by the posse, their mounts probably sooner. But the fact remained that without a horse, John Rourke knew he would not reach the rendezvous point with the agents from Allied Intelligence. Therefore, aside from his own predicament, Paul and Annie and Natalia would be stranded with Martin Zimmer and the women, one of whom couldn’t even walk. This side of the rift valley, although sparsely populated, seemed to be a dangerous place. The people here whom he had met, constandy on the defensive against the attacks of the Land Pirates, had sunk to the level of their enemies. Mary Ann had clearly been mentally abused before falling victim to the Land Pirates and John Rourke somehow doubted she was atypical. Few of the women he and the others had rescued from the fortress of the Land Pirates seemed to possess anything of culture, or even civility.
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