Asmal Karif turned and pointed at Cindy. ‘Bring that one too?’ he said quietly to the security men at his side. ‘Any friend of Miss Hasani may ...e useful? besides, the little bitch needs a lesson in manners.’Hard, brutal fingers dug into Cindy’s upper arms and she too was dragged forwards, across the dusty square and through the dimness and shadows of the arched gateway into the fort. Once inside they were hustled along bare stone corridors and into a large windowless room. A metal desk, swivel. I looked away again. And, she moved in for the kill."This is something I really ought to take to the school board, you know." I-I-I-I'm really so very sorry, Mrs. Cochran. I-I-I-I'really didn't mean to." I managed to say while looking pleadingly at her."This could be the end of your career, you know, Mr. Smith." Oh, please, ma'am, I-I-I . . . ." On the other hand," she said, sliding her butt back on my desk and swinging her legs around to plant a foot on either arm rest of my chair. This raised. The next time I began to wake up, he waited for me to wake up completely,which took a few minutes. I was laid out on the coffee table in our livingroom, on my back, and he was standing beside the table, behind my head,looking down at me. The lights in the living room were on, but the housesounded completely silent. I could hear a number of people sleeping indifferent places in the house.He held his fingers to my mouth and cautioned me to keep quiet so as notto wake the others. I wondered what. "Lorgar, his face turning purple, took a step back, lifted his sword and shield to the gods, and bellowed in rage."So it must be true, you big limp-dicked oaf." Wilhan managed to say just before Lorgar bore down on him. The hoped for opening presented itself and Wilhan was ready. The cut to Lorgar's sword arm was not serious, but it drew blood. In some contests that would have been the end of it, but this bout was to the death.The cut, on top of the insult, only served to infuriate Lorgar more.