It was that ‘last few days of summer before going back to school’ feeling when you realize how much time you wasted and how little time remains. I...even counted it. If he got there at six and left at noon the next day, that meant there were only eighteen more hours of Ben Sheppard in my life. I caught myself sitting at my desk tearing up at the thought. ‘You okay?’ Danielle asks. ‘Oh, I’m fine,’ I say wiping away a tear. ‘Man problems?’ ‘In a way.’ ‘I’d be able to help if you’d tell me anything. To an outside observer, nothing was out of the ordinary, that was as we planned it. It was well after dark when we retrieved her from the trunk and carried her to the dungeon. As I pointed out before, it was damp cool and uncomfortable. We got her into the dungeon. Then , still keeping her blindfolded, we took her to a corner, pulled her pants, hose and panties down and had her squat down to let her pee. Then we took her to the ?bed?, it was made out of stone, hard and cold.We removed her. My heart is pounding in my chest and I force myself to take several deep breaths. I see our driveway and my wife standing by her car. I pull in and kill the engine. I reach over and quickly stroke Anna'a hand. I feel her fingers trembling a little. I let go and open up the door. I walk over to my wife and smile. "Are you sure you're up to this baby?" I force myself to sound concerned that she is leaving not eager.She smiles at me somewhat pensively. "I'll be okay. I just took some more medicine. ’ Domhnall ordered as he quietly left the cover of trees, and crossed to the tent she had retired to. This would have all been done hours ago if that giant had gone to his tent when his other men had retired Domhnall thought bitterly, his anger had been strong at the beginning of the night, now his anger and exhaustion was pushing him to the brink of wanting to risk slaughtering them one by one as he passed their tents. But he had no intention of dying. Only the Viking bitch was. Entering her.