"Damned Stormcloaks! Had to hire a mercenary to do their dirty work!" the other armoured Altmer said as he drew a second sword, going straight for Serena's neck with a fast X-slash. To kill her would be to cut off the connection to the atronach...

Yuki saw an opportunity to make a break for it, back up the hill, the way she came. The girl was only trudging through the snow for a few seconds until a hand grabbed her by the fringe and pulled her closer. Her eyes widened as she heard a dagger being unsheathed, and she visibly broke when the Elven steel was pressed into her neck. It was a far more icy feeling than any blizzard, and it was the first thing that had really driven the poor little priestess to terror in ages.

The hooded Thalmor began to channel a stream of flames at the atronach with his free hand in the hopes of keeping his comrade from being flanked, shocked and smashed to hell. Even if it did happen, he had the girl. Now he just had to pray this woman wasn't relentless enough to kill him, and lose the girl in the process...