"Jessica and Gwendoline were inside against the far wall and tied to a couple of chairs and Harriet soon joined them. The old cowshed was filled with ...bout twenty unsavoury looking men all dressed in some kind of uniform."How did you two manage to get caught?" asked Harriet, feeling terribly scared."You don't argue with the kind of weapons they had trained on us," said Gwen. I was going to shout at you to get away and get help, but they had other ideas - sorry Harry, but these people are. Stillshe had to be careful. Couldn't go talking out loud lest she drawattention to herself.Not good at all, Artie, she though. Not good at all."What happened?" the Watcher asked, the cheerfulness gone from his voice.The Sisterhood...they changed someone, Emily thought. They turnedSenator Alvin Henderson into a woman and made her into a level foursister, whatever that means."Level four is the highest level a sister can attain within theSisterhood. There are five stages: acolyte, level 1,. After that first step though she easily took the next ones and smoothly moved over behind Anna. Anna heard and felt her key turning as Bethany wound her fully up. Not the usual few turns she expected, but fully until her key hit its stop.Anna was overcome by a surge of pleasure that only a wind-up can understand. Being fully wound gave her nearly 24-hours worth of freedom of movement, and she shivered in the sheer ecstasy of it. Such a gift was seldom given her. After the unexpected pleasure. "Call," Sophie announced immediately, knowing Greg was trying to buy his way out of a hole. Taking this pot from him could put her back in the game."You can't call," Greg told her smugly. "You don't have enough chips left."Sophie fought down a flicker of annoyance at his tone. He was right, she had a grand total of thirty bucks at her disposal. She'd hung on all night, surviving as everyone else at the party had crashed and burned, the whole crowd eventually leaving Greg's dingy little.