As a gymnast and cross-country runner in high school she was in excellent shape. Working out three nights a week at the IMA with Erin didn't hurt eith...r. Her tightly curled brown hair was worn in a bob, and simply haloed her face. Bright green eyes danced in the candle light which Richard had summoned without actually thinking about it."A penny for your thoughts...", Megan giggled. "You do use pennies don't you? Far away in your land of fairies?" In spite of the moment and the tension that hung. Two men jumped out from the cover they were hiding behind and stopped her, holding onto the reins of the mare to prevent her escape. With the ease of his strength, the large brutish looking one, pulled her from her mount, and held her to him. His unwashed stench sickened Therese and added in her struggle to free herself from him. Knowing herself in trouble of violation, Therese screamed out in distress, beseeching anyone who heard, to come to her aid. The first man released the reins of the. She had needles made of thick deer horn, as well as an awl made from flint and bone, but the difference between those and the metal ones was considerable. She, like every tribal member, was excited to know that such wonderful time saving tools might soon be made readily available within the tribe. She would miss her man, but was willing to make the sacrifice for the wonderful improvements that the new craft could bring.And, so it was that Two Bears had set off alone, a large quiver full of the. My faculty adviser and the dean had been rather tight-lipped about that, but in my asking around it had not been unusual to find my fellows equally as ignorant of their fates. Two weeks before graduation day, we were each informed of our fates. I had managed Magna cum laude, which was more than I'd expected. The number of smiles I saw on various faces that morning were balanced it seemed by an equal number sporting small frowns, and several were sporting rather large ones.I called home and.