The genteel tale of life in a nineteenth-century English village was in stark contrast to her present circumstances, and Hermione could not sympathize...at all with Elinor's problems. "Stupid girl," thought Hermione as she closed the book and thrust it back into her bag.The sound of classroom doors opening echoed through the corridor outside, followed by the thunder of rushing feet: the first class of the day was already over, and soon Ron would arrive to take Hermione's place. After a minute,. “Yes? And what’s that got to do with the price of bread?”“Well, it just doesn’t seem right for us to go off to school and saddle the kids with all the work on the ranch, even if they consider themselves hired hands. They still have school. We were thinking we should live out here and commute to school. I know there will be times when commuting will be tough, but with Kyle’s new 4x4 we should be safer on the roads and we’ll still be taking the kids to high school, too.”“So you want to stay in. I’m so glad you understand! I do love you, Christie. You’ll find a boyfriend soon and he better be a gentleman. Or I’ll have to punch him out.”She laughed.“Okay, gay cowboy, all that virility shows you really are ready to lose your gold star.”Jesse’s eyes widened.“What? You know about that?”“I might be young but I’m not that stupid. Now go, or you won't be back in time”Jesse gave her one last kiss on the lips before leaving."See you later, Christie." See you later, Jesse."***It was a very. You were only able to escape by pretending to be a corpse and then being burried underneath a pile of bodies.You made your escape in the near dawn hours after the Kingdom Guards had butchered everyone in town and returned to the capital.With only the clothes on your back you made it to the outskirts of Ravensreach. A town directly on the border to the next kingdom of Quin. Upon trying to cross the border you were caught by a group of soldiers on horseback. They ended up locking you up in.