Flet finally spoke, “You know Bord, I think you did see something.”“Yep, I did,” said Bord.“Question is, do we want to find it?” asked Fle....“Not particularly,” replied Bord.Flet said loudly, “We’ll just grab our gear and be on our way then.” Both men grabbed a tent each, pulled out packs, scrambling away as fast as they could manage. The horses had not settled down yet and Bord got too close and was attacked by one of the enraged beasts. His head splattered like a melon dropped from a high. " he said."I don't know anything." she whined."That's not what I want to hear." he said, his voice a cold hiss. He placed a bill over her left breast and another on her forehead. "Don't be a foolish child." he advised her. "Tell me what I want to know." Money is not good to me if I'm dead." she gulped. "True. But death is a far off possibility, unless off course..." he slid the knife against her throat, "you irritate me too much."She swallowed nervously as her eyes tried to follow the knife.. My monetary status didn’t allow any grand expenditures. I knew I couldn’t compete with Eric with money or looks.Toward the end of summer, Eric returned to town for a week. He monopolized all of Christine’s time. Eric left again and she had time for me again. She told me that he wanted her to come with him but she wasn’t willing to quit school.She also told me that Eric knew, from her, that I was accompanying her while he had been gone. When I asked her what he had to say about my efforts, she. "I stripped off, and she led me into the hallway, turning me around, locking leather straps around my arms, plus a waist strap that had a loose strap that went between my legs, fastening behind me. She enclosed my wrists in leather cuffs, fastened also behind me. The ankles were also cuffed and then ankle cuffs were joined to my wrist cuffs with a short metal chain, forcing me into a kneeling position.I tried moving, but was unable to move more than a couple of inches. Alison half-dragged me.