He pulled me over to the bed, it had been cleaned up, there was nothing on it and the slatted wooden head and foot boards had be refitted, he turned m... and shoved me down, I sat there with fury in my eyes, I wanted to go on my date not play silly fuckers with this dick head.He never said a word, his hand went in the bag and he pulled out a length of rope and started to tie my ankles together, I tried to kick out but he still had the other rope close by and a quick jerk had me whining and still,. Look... I want to start all over. Can we do that?" Start over? Like how? I'm not sure what you mean John." How about a date?" A date?" Yeah. How about for tomorrow night around seven?" Uh... yeah. Sure. I mean... I'd love to. Seven it is." Great. I'll pick you up at your place then. Uh... dress up just a tad bit. We're going to the Laredo."I was stunned. The Laredo was the first place we had gone to as a married couple. It was there that we had talked about our future together. It was there. "I lifted the alaspore out of the cradle as I said it and brought it through the air to hang in front of me. I reached out a hand and pretended to stroke its invisible leaves. It quivered and clattered in frustration as I did. I moved it back to the cradle and let it go, still wrapped in the layers of my trap."The Queen shall hear of this!" The woman blustered."As she should!" I blustered right back. "I can assure you Sorceress Glimmer that King Esterhal and his Wizard Firetree are already. Our drive took a bit longer than an hour and a half, but the preliminary work done by Twila and Noelle had been top-notch, and for once, the freely available satellite images had been up-to-date. So, we were able to find a location from which we could have the ranch buildings under surveillance. We already knew from the local news that the group took their own security seriously, and anyone who came closer than 500 yards from their fence would be checked, one way or another. Our surveillance.