plan a has us putting the three orphans , and the 4 kids aged 10 and over , and navorrasicaa , who is the slightest of us 7 warrior women , she is the least adept among us as a warrior , the one we can most afford to lose in combat , and we put the lot of them , all 8 , on the four horses , and let the horses run , and they wanted to run let me tell you , as they must have feared a pack of werewolves , or a vampire was nearby .