With the winds off the ocean, the castle would smell like manure within days.”“We don’t have any coin,” Joseph said in a clipped voice.“I’...e been thinking about that,” Genrico replied. “We have several months, perhaps a year or more, before the Marindarians arrive. I know we’ve received several requests from foreign countries for troops. Elena said that the Denayian envoy offered gold to have some of our soldiers train their troops. I wanted to wait until she returned to see if there was a. I dangled it in front of her. ?Do you know how this gets used.?I hadn’t gagged her, but she just shook her head. I let the light chain drift over her face, she shuddered. I took the hooks and put them into her nostrils and now she knew what it was for. The chain went up over her head and got secured to the collar. I had adjusted the length to put a bit of tension on her nose.So, she was really chained up now. Ankles, knees, elbows, wrists, waist and neck. But she wasn’t attached to. “did you just tell me to chill out? I’ll give you chill out you lazy sob” and with that she headed for the kitchen. He watched as she closed in on him, a stream of obscenities flying from her beautiful mouth. At six two and 220 pounds, he knew that he was in very little physical danger from Mary, apart from his ears that is.As she entered the kitchen, her finger was already pointing at him, that didn’t bother him. How to get her naked was his primary concern.Mary struck his chest with her. I was going to Chaos; I wasn’t worried about fashion.The only thing I brought from home was me ... and a set of cotton scrubs. The rulebook said I wouldn’t be able to take Earth clothes to Chaos ... or any damn thing else. If it had metal ... no go. My scrubs were modified ... slightly. The belt was 3/8 inch Manila and there was a lot of it. Val didn’t think my belt was ever going to end.“How long is this fucker?” she asked. She was stark naked and spinning me like a top.“A bit more than fifty.