one spinning fire flies right by us on our left and i see the head taken off a soldier trying to duck- i pull on angharrad 's reins but she rears up again in panic , her eyes wide and white , her noise just a high-pitched scream i can barely stand- and another fire whooshes across the path in front of us , spilling flames everywhere , and angharrad 's so terrified she lifts me off my feet by the reins and we fall back into a crowd of soldiers- `` this way ! ''