He addressed Lord Cuthburt. ‘You, my lord, are to bear a message. Go to Lord deGranville and tell him that the ransom shall be a thousand pounds, an... must be delivered to the fortress at Falcon Bay within the month if he ever wishes to see his daughter again. Miss deGranville, you’re coming with me.’ Doing her best to warn Walter against any rash actions by the silent appeal of her eyes, Constance took the pirate’s proffered arm and let him lead her to the rail. He lifted her over, set her down. "No not god, just little old iron-bar Steve. Fucking hurts don't it; my steel bar crashing against your arse like that?" So you think I'm a 'poofter'; well I've got a another steel bar right here in my jeans honey and you've got about ten minutes to take care of it!"It was Eddie's enforcer Steve, undoubtably he had heard Eddie say he could use me briefly and was wasting no time coming to claim his prize. I realised at once that fighting him would be futile and decided to let him take what he. Besides, I couldn’t risk him becoming a monster. Shit, the world didn’t need more of them. There were too many already. So I squeezed the trigger and the life went out of those brown, innocent eyes.Later I went to where Johnny was waiting. The kid was practically jumping up and down in joy at my arrival. I motioned for him to quit it but secretly I was happy to see him, too. Since our parents died, we had been looking out for each other. Even though I was the big brother, Johnny was more. Fine, thought Thomas. I wasn't in the mood anyway. Remembering the rats, he drifted off to sleep with the lights on.Beth woke up late the next morning still exhausted from her and Thomas's marathon sex session last night. She leaned up and looked at Thomas sleeping peacefully. "I love you," she said."I love you too," said Thomas a little groggily as he came out of a deep sleep. His wife was staring at him adoringly and it made him feel manly to have such a beautiful young women look at him so.