He lives, for now.

Ria regained her senses as her orgasm subsided. She pulled herself back to her feet and watched Josk strangle the **** Karn.

"If we let him live he'll just try something like this again," Josk said.

"Josk," Hanna said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "We can't kill him. He's one of us."

"Tough shit," Ria spat. "Kill him, Josk."

"He's still part of Odin's Spear," Hanna said. "I can use magic to keep him in line, but we can't just discard him like this."

With a growl of frustration, Josk released Karn's throat. The tall warrior retrieved his axes and sulked away to the edge of the clearing.

"Can I at least cut his balls off?" Ria said.

"It won't come to that," Hanna said. "I can handle him." She took a length of vine from the ground and tied Karn's hands behind his back. Then she grabbed him by the ankles and dragged him to where Josk stood.

"Let's get back to camp, then," Ria said, joining them. "Everyone should know that he's dangerous. Josk, can you carry him?"

"Sure," Josk said. He scooped the knocked-out sorcerer up and flung him over his shoulders.

"Feel free to hit him with any low-hanging branches on the way," Ria said. "Or use him as a human shield if we run into any elves."