Her first thoughts were of confusion. Why was she staring at the rough ceiling of a shed rather than her bedroom. As wakefulness asserted itself in he... head, she began to realize more problems. She was indeed lying on a wooden floor of a shed of some kind. She was cold. The floor was cold. But four space heaters surrounded her, two on each side. They were all running high. Her clothes were gone. She was naked. There was nothing in the shed except herself and the four space heaters. A. I told him bluntly not to trust the lawyers and that his job was to recruit every other network onto our side. It was the only way to ensure that we would win in the end."Our meeting did end on a happy note. As it was breaking up, Mai Woo informed me that the consortium had just informed her that Rory and Zahra had just reached the first vehicle that they'd gone after and that after a quick inspection, Rory had claimed it in my name. The consortium had then teleported it from where it had been. I bet I'm ginger, probably even have freckles. Thin, cute, late teens - probably quite hot.Of course, that none of that makes what is to come any less twisted and sick. There's a lump in my throat the size of a Buick ... No, not my throat, the girl's throat. Fear occupies her body like some eldritch god, she can scarcely move. Well, not all of that is down to fear I realise soon enough. Her hands are bound, handcuffs tightened way too tight around her slim, bony wrists.I struggle, whimper,. " There's nothing we can do. Anyway, there's two of them, and they're both bigger than you. You can't take them on. Not even one at a time." Can we talk to your folks about this? All of it? Can we bring them in here, and let them know what has happened?" My mom doesn't know about how I was the meat in a sandwich between those two oversized jerks -- the kind of men that I never should have even given the time of day." We need to have your folks on our side on this, Juniper." On 'our' side? You.