I found myself reacting in anger, "Listen ta me, ya pompous ass. This girl is in trouble an' needs yer he'p. If nothin' else, it's yer Christian duty ...a take her in long enough fer her ta recover from her ordeal." Get away from my door, ya bumpkin! It is within my rights ta annul the betrothal at any time afore the wedding for jus' cause. An' bein' raped by Injuns is jus' cause. She is now defiled an' no longer suitable ta be my wife!"I reached fer my sword, but Cindy grabbed my arm. "No,. ?Believe me, I’m going to fight you every step of the way. I won’t give you a chance to do whatever it is you or your sick buddies have in store for me.? Leah snapped back. ?Good! That’s good, Leah! I’m happy to hear that.? Alfred’s face showed excitement Leah noticed. It kind of freaked her out. ?There’s one thing you should know about us Leah: we take extreme amount of pleasure in torturing beautiful, young, talented ladies, such as yourself.? Leah’s fear returned after. Petra isn’t. “Um, no, Emily, I don’t think so,” she says, looking at me beseechingly. “Aw, c’mon sweetie,” I persist. “Be fun!” “Yeah, c’mon Petra,” echoes Danny. “No, Danny, please,” Petra says. “It’ll get us in the mood,” I grin. “Sure will, baby!” says Paul. Petra is shaking her head. She’s looking distressed. “Okay, well it needs all of us to play, so let’s just drop it,” I say, sulky and disappointed. The boys are disappointed too. Especially Danny. We’re all rather cross with Petra, who. I couldn't play footballagain. I would never know what it was like to have sex as a man. Imean, sure, I had masturbated. What boy hasn't? But sex would be...different. But no, it wasn't so bad. I was attracted to Dave. Sure, Irealized it was the spell, but that didn't take away the pleasure ofthe attraction.I took a close look at Cindy, and I could see that I had hurt her. Yes,she had helped them, but maybe she didn't have a choice. I felt....intuitively (oh, my God - you mean there really was.