Her captors trussed her up like a roasting turkey and tossed her over a packsaddle.The dust of their leaving had no more than settled when the bank er...pted. A number shy of dozens ... but a goodly number of rather stalwart and deeply bronzed hinterland sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters and even unto the twelfth generation offspring of Damsels and Earth Heroes suddenly made the bank lobby extremely crowded. One charmingly gorgeous creature with rare magenta hair and blue eyed held her. Just as we pulled up to the house, in my same school district, mom suddenly looked nervous. She said “I really have gotten to love the flirting we did around your dad” I didn’t know what she meant by that but I found out soon enough. The realtor arranged for the people that were selling the house to just be gone, it was obvious they still lived there. Mom walked up to the sink and started running water, even started washing a dish to see how she liked the kitchen layout. Then she stuck her ass. Once again, the assignment is due on Friday, but I doubt my weekend's reading will be anywhere near as interesting as the one I just spent."A ripple of laughter went through the room, and I started to think about story topics just as the bell rang. As I stood by my seat, waiting for the aisle to clear, I sensed a presence beside me. It was Debbie Wilson, the girl whom I had seen watching me after Mrs. Ball had returned my paper.I turned my head to look at her. "That was your story she read. Considering all that has happenedin the past weeks, I am not surprised. Chapter 1: The Marriage It started a few weeks ago ? at least it was a few weeks for me. History itselfhas stretched itself thin in that time so that I must commence my tale hundredsof years ago. I had just turned 17. My father was the Earl of the DairmaidClan and thought it propitious to seek greater political security via my marriage.I did not resent my father, whom I loved and trusted implicitly, since thehusband he had.