Only to barely escape with their lives.Betty urged Valerie, by pulling her by the arm, and they slowly stepped inside the enclosure. Betty trusted her...instinct and felt that Glivard wouldn't do anything to intentionally harm them. Valerie was more hesitant, for she had been captured much more frequently than Betty had.Glivard smiled as he watched them move around in the cage. He was sure that Gilden, his hamster wouldn't mind the company. He thought that it was just a harmless little rodent and. That's probably all it would take to get both of them naked." Gross!" Ruth said, slapping Chris on the arm."Maybe but it doesn't mean it's not true," Chris countered."Miguel was ... well, I'm not sure I've ever seen him this mad," Paul added. "I thought I'd hit his limit a couple of years ago when I got Elizabeth home an hour past her curfew but that was minor compared to this. I'm not sure but I think Chuck is going to find himself in military school in the fall. That was the last I got to. And just thinkwhat could happen if someone got the wrong picture of you somewhere."Davey had a horrified look on his face."And that's not all," Sherry chimed in. "Right now you walk like a boy,talk like a boy, eat like a boy, even stand up and sit down, and peelike a boy. Anyone who sees you doing that will see through you rightaway." That's right." His mom agreed. "For the next couple of hours, we willbe teaching you the basics of looking like a girl in public. And afterdinner, we will be. Her flaming red hair fell down her back and seemed to have a life of its own with each breath that she took as she hung there waiting for whatever had taken her. Her wait was short. One of the panels opened and a person walked in. The stranger walked toward her with the purpose of a military officer. The long black robe and hood that covered their body didn’t let her in on the identity of her captor. A black leather gloved hand came from the robe and lightly, almost lovingly, touched the right.