The boys and girls traditionally did not mix much, so she was only dimly aware even of the fact that girls were built differently from boys. There wer... lots of depictions of sexual scenes on the walls of the harem, but they had always been there so she had taken little notice of them and had never considered what it was that they portrayed.She was aware of the external facts of harem life, in that there were women who worked in the kitchens and as maids and as bath girls who were never used by. They each grabbed one of my arms and quickly dragged me into the backseat of the powerful sedan. The doors slammed shut and the sedan took off through the streets of Paris. I was sitting between them in the backseat. As one held me the other took my hands behind my back and used a zip tie to bind my wrists. They then took one of my scarves I had bought and used it as a blindfold on me. As the car sped along one of my captors made a call. He spoke in french and I was able to understand. I'm glad; you really scared me last night. When we got home..." I could hear her voice starting to break and I put my hand on hers."I know mom, and I'm sorry. I just couldn't seem to think. I was sort of operating in a fog. I barely remember any of what happened after we got home and I realized what I had to do. Did Allison tell you what was happening?" She tried to, I still don't understand any of it, but after last night, the thing at the hospital, after that I'd believe almost anything. That. A heavier line, rising and falling. The land that upheld hunter and hunted alike. This row of dots, the footsteps of the hunter. That one, larger and more solid, the hunted.Now the rows of dots came together - but the light was fading fast. Fading, as the day would fade if the hunter ran too slow. Ee-La stirred the coals, coaxing a last flicker of orange against the dark. He worked faster, mallet falling in a frenzy of blows. The last spark faded, but he was done!The hunt would not fail..