I acted the innocent when four or more wives descended upon me—all quite lovingly—before guests at a feasting. Any child being trained as a Laird ...s taught to catch any hint of collusion, thus making the knowing nods and grins about the fire as bold as a mad dog. I had to threaten Clancy with eight wives of his own to damp his fires. The daft ghillie was having too much fun at my expense. Now, I mind not a jape or two, yet my honor must be left inviolate. We parted with an. Initializing submission protocol."Several appendages appeared from a slot on the wall and administered a half dozen shots in various parts of his body."Submission protocol complete. Female prisoner 1LEZ4535 processed and ready for transfer."John was released from the machine and slumped to the floor. One of the guards grabbed him by a leg and dragged him to the corner.The rest of the girls were processed in much the same way.The prisoners were next herded out of the room and into a windowless. The older woman sat down at the table while the coffee brewed. Karen hadn't been able to shake up Lucy as badly as she had the morning before. It wasn't as if she'd gotten used to Karen's harassment. Lucy hated every moment of it. She wondered if the subliminal programming was already having a positive effect on her attitude. Yeah, that must be it. That and Beth's delicious herbal tea had to have something to do with it. To heck with the coffee. Let Barry and Karen drink the coffee. Lucy. As her children slowly rolled through the aisles in their new shoes,talking about the stuff they didn't have and what Tamara thought herbrother ought to look like, an overwhelming wave of guilt washed overher. Why had she done that to him? Why had she even wanted to do that toany of them? Pretending to want to try on something herself, she pickedup a shirt from the women's section, went into the fitting room, andquietly sobbed in shame.The kids didn't even touch their new video games when they.