He reappeared in the room and looked around for signs of traps or anything else out of the ordinary. After satisfying himself that everything was as i... should be he looked for a place to side-shift back to the physical plane and finally decided to just do so within the room. The candles in the wall sconces gave off just enough light to cast sufficient shadows within the cell and Mann used one of those shadows to side-shift back to the Physical Plane.Marianne was silently weeping when a noise. ‘So what brings you to my house?’ He stepped close, filling up her space with his scent and his huge presence. His feet were bare in the grass. ‘Protection,’ she murmured, meeting his dark eyes levelly. ‘I killed in a nearby town, they were hunting me. David hit me with his car, took me home.’ She knew Lucien wouldn’t like her hunting in his territory. It could bring him trouble. She’d planned to be long gone by now. Lucien’s lip curled in a snarl. ‘How long ago was this?’ ‘Two weeks?’ She. There were actually one or two people at her college who had went to high school with her who didn't realize that the two women with the same name were one of the same. How could they be? The Lindsey Dunham they knew in high school was non-descript, forgotten as soon as she left the room. This one ... she had dark eyes that always sparkled, a laugh that could be heard across campus, and when not in class, seemed to be always holding court with dozen of friends and a few hopeful admirers who had. He reached around me and took off the handcuffs, undid the chain around my ankle, and led me to his bedroom.“Lie on the bed facing up,” he ordered.“Yes Master.”He went to his drawers and pulled out four scarves. He tied my wrists to the bed posts, my arms were stretched out. I was breathing rapidly now. I wasn’t afraid, I wanted him so much. As I watched, one scarf was long; he ran it up and over two hooks in the ceiling. I hadn’t noticed them before. He tied my ankles up to them, my legs open.