One band brought the first group of captives with them that had been collected during the day.The first captives brought in were another family; a man... wife, and two sons that were escorted into the camp. The man's hands were tied and lead ropes went from him to his wife and sons. Ben took a brief look at their auras and immediately cut them loose.The man was tall and rawboned. His tired, lined face looked like it hadn't seen shade since he was born. His hands were big, rough and callused. The. The candles. Hot wax. He was dropping hot wax on me. “Oh fuck, wow,” I breathed out. “You bastard, that hurts.” “But you like it, don’t you?” he whispered. I wished he wasn’t right, but he was. The pain was just enough to arouse and stimulate me, without being unbearable. I flexed my tummy muscles, and could feel the cooling, hardening wax clinging to my skin. Now I knew what it was, I could picture him leaning over me, letting the candle drip its liquid fire onto my body. Each fresh stream of. I was walking towards the building when I saw it.Several girls were beating on somebody. I rushed over to see what was going on. They had another girl down and were kicking and punching her. I bellowed at them to stop.One of the girls, Lizzie Michaels, turned toward me, " You want some of this, asshole?" I think I do." I said as I backhanded her. She flew ass over tea kettle landing on the ground with a solid thump. Reaching with my other hand, I grabbed another girl, Misty Stevens, by the hair. I stood just over six feet and she topped me by 3 or 4 inches.I took her inside and introduced her to Tom and Madge Ward, and then to Diane.Justine seemed a little hesitant at first, but Diane quickly put her at ease by telling her how much she liked the books I had been reading to her and then they got into a discussion about dragons and such and I just seemed to be alone in their company.I went on home and left them to it.Diane called later and said that Justine would be reading to her.