Captain Lared looked at the remaining woman in front of him. He had served in the Duke?s army since he had been a young man and had recently been give... governance of the Riverwake. ?You show little fear woman!? Clara stared at him. ?I?ve been here before.? Lared looked back. ?I see?you bear a brand then?? Clara nodded slowly. ?Strip her.? Clara made no sound as the guards ripped away her blouse then undid her trousers. She was pushed to the floor as her boots were removed, her loincloth ripped. And while her father’s frequent guests had always been bringing their daughters and sisters in a parade of maidens to the wealthy, widowed lord and his son, lately they’d begun bringing their sons and nephews as well. Constance found them one and all to be flighty, vain, foolish creatures for all their status and education. The great doors slammed as she approached the banister. She peered over. Robert and Enrique were stripping off their riding gloves, a bit dusty and disheveled but in high. He brings me more wine, pours himself a drink.. ooh boy, this man is a master of tease.He sits down next to me ever so calmly and so cool, he kisses me deeply again, this time his hand goes inside my shirt at the back. He slowly strokes the small of my back, slowing reaching higher and higher. His hand reaches my bra strap, he expertly undoes it. Takes my glass out of my hand, puts it on the table; He tell me to stand up and lift up my arms. I do this. He pulls my t shirt off, then he positions. He was no longer haggard or too scrawny or too immature, but instead a bit sturdier and muscular, as through there were certain things about him that had completely changed overnight.He buttoned up his blazer and straightened his tie, and he knew right away that an end to his ceaseless obsessing about how to talk and what to wear and how he would be perceived fell to the side and was no longer a priority, at least for that day. He didn’t seem so concerned with what others might think of him if.