The man then pulled his jeans up and started to leave.‘Excuse me, could you roll me over please.’ She asked meekly. The man looked at her and repl...ed in a language she didn’t understand. She tried to use her head and roll herself a little in the hope he would understand as she tried speaking slower. ‘Roll me over please, you know, lay me on back.’ The man eventually worked out what she was saying and rolled her onto her back, slid her into the middle of the bed and laid her head on the pillow.. I understand. Tell me everything you know, then maybe if you have time afterwards I can ask you questions?" Yeah, that should be okay," he said with a look of relief. I had the feeling he would have sacrificed his chance to move on if I had asked him to. That disturbed me because I wasn't sure if I would have done the same if the situation had been reversed.His expression saddened as he stated, "Steven never drugged Penny to make her do these things." What?!" I said almost standing up out of my. The air felt cool against my exposed back and yet I felt warm, a heat that came from within, a symptom of the soft slap of leather against cloth. I could only imagine the tails of her instrument of divine torture striking against the thigh of her trousers as she surveyed her helpless victim."One for each year, Rachel."Her whisper carried so much weight. I winced before she even landed her first blow, wondering if it would be too much even for me? I shouldn’t have worried, I realized later.. The girl thought she was free, but the sound of armor clanking behind her made her tense. A spear soldier looked her dead in the eye, "I've got you now. For the attempted murder of the Earl of Bringan, you are coming with me, dead or alive." The girl rose, "He's lying! I didn't do anything!" The soldier thrusted her spear at the girl nearly dodging towards the statue. The two stared eachother down, the girl hiding behind the statue clutching the vines for dear life. The soldier crept forward,.