The armor was similar to a leather vest but with an outer layer of padding which also covered legs and arms. I had even fashioned an ugly padded helme... which covered the nose, neck and crown well. The helmet couldn't take a full power killing strike but it would absorb anything else, leaving you battered but alive. The first training rule was no head attacks but things happen in a fight and I wanted my men protected."How you hit my ribs, I will never know," Crum responded."Luck Crum, dumb luck. She told me about how Mike, her brother, was going through a divorce and how sad she was about how his marriage was falling apart. Mike was a good guy, so I felt sorry for him. Seems like his wife was wanting to make him pay through the nose for him not becoming what she thought she could make him into when she married him. Kathy had some very astute things to say about how it wasn't really his fault, but since his wife was into living well, she was attempting to take him to the cleaners for as. Darnell’s eyes welled up with tears, as he gently opened his arm for Heather to come to him, beside Adam. Hugging both children, Darnell’s heart swelled with joy. Heather layed her head on Adam’s father’s big shoulder, somehow knowing he wouldn’t hurt her. Then Adam wrapped his arm around Heather as well. Hugging both of them, Darnell felt at peace, wanting to get them all the love they both deserved. Not wanting to frighten her, Darnell tapped her back gently, to soothe her. ‘Mr.Bronson, you. The first sensation was of sore limbs and an aching back, then he realized that there was cold iron enclosing his wrists. He was lying down on a hard floor of packed earth, and his hands hung in the air over him, he shook them experimentally, and heard the chill rattle of chains. He pulled hard, but they did not come free, the chain between his manacles apparently was firmly fixed to the wall above him, perhaps though a ring set in the stone. He realized next that he was naked, as he had.