"He lives." We need to get him home, and quickly," Demeter said with a snarl. "Jarrah needs to see him right away. I wouldn't trust him to any of the ...utchers around here."Lavender declined to mention that Jarrah had come to Salas to study under these "butchers," but let it pass since she agreed he needed to get home as quickly as possible. "How?" was all she grunted."I see a carriage over there. Let me go grab it before it can get away," he said rushing off. Moments later he returned leading. Nicki beamed out of all proportion to what should have been a very simple event. To her, it was not. She, an orphan, was being treated as family and allowed to answer the phone. Nat and Whitney seemed just as pleased.Jeff listened to Carla for a moment, then interrupted her, "Hold on a minute, Carla. I don't want to have to repeat this. Okay to put you on speaker?" When she agreed, Jeff pressed the button and set the phone back in its cradle near the bed. "Alright, we're all in our bedroom and. Both boys looked to be over six feet and Ted was maybe 200 pounds and built like a football player. The other boy, Billy, was skinnier, maybe 170 pound, still she figured that they could easily overpower her, so it seemed that the only sane decision was to give in and maybe they wouldn't hurt her. "Alright I'll do what you want but just don't hurt me."Billy looked over at Ted and smiled. "Oh we won't hurt you lady not if you do what we want." I will, I promise." Bree said."That's good lady,. I was actually excited, not for the possibility of sex, but to see her face as the realization of not having to cook lit her eyes up. Trying to act as natural and casual about the situation as possible, I pretended to look busy as I washed up in the kitchen. The door creaked open and from the corner of my eye I watched as Jewel walked into the house with a tired and irritated stature. I turned my head and smiled, greeting her. She had not yet taken a good look at what I had done, but soon the.