For the following decade her marriage had become a charade, a make-believe tableau of happily dysfunctional family where mum and dad had agreed to sta... together for the good of the kids, at least until they were old enough to go to college. And that time had now come… What she was truly running away from was the decision she knew she had to make now that the agreed upon ultimatum had been reached: the kids were going to college this fall. She mentally avoided the excruciating exercise to. When they’d been driven in down to their heads, he further tied them in place.Ardt continued to watch his adopted son work but kept his questions unasked. He could see his son’s attention was focused on his trap and didn’t want to interrupt his thoughts. He’d seen his son similarly when he was working out a new technique on the forge; it was best not to disturb him. His innovations usually resulted in better products. He had to trust him this time, as well.With Ardt looking on curiously, Yren. After months of ill-treatment, she was past caring about her life. Her body actually felt better, free of the filthy and rotting clothing. She was pulled toward a door, and she willingly walked outside. Once there, her handler pulled off the blindfold, and led her onto a raised platform. There were two posts there, with shackles distributed along their length. Her arms were spread and stretched as far as possible, and then her wrists snapped into two of the shackles. He legs were similarly. I should cast you out ontothe streets and let hoodlums have their way with you!" Her eyes wereswimming in tears as she played with my jaw. "I clearly explained toyou that it did not have to go down this way, but you had to make thistougher for the both of us. You just had to spoil what was to come. Doyou think I enjoy hurting you, do you?"Initially, it seemed like she did not enjoy it and she was telling thetruth, but I did not want to make the same mistakes all over again bytrusting her. So I.