I dart into the trees and start down the walk. I reach the last remaining step and slow down. I grab tree branches and boulders as I climb down to the...stream. It’s swollen over its bank, the lake already flowing upstream. I hear the waves even louder here. I climb up the last hill, just around that corner I’ll see the lake! At the top I stop. A tree has fallen and is blocking my way. I can hear the lake roaring it’s anger, but I can’t see it! Slowly and carefully, I examine the tree. I don’t. I got no lights, trying to drive through all this to where the tow driver parked, right up front, by the side of the main doors of the shopping mall. UGGSSS. gotta be done... I have the car maneuvered behind the tow truck and sit in the car waiting for him to set up, its a full carry tow truck, good. I eventually have to exit the car. So, there I am in my feminine cuteness, dress, mary jane heels, wig, and my purse. Every one exiting the mall and milling about watching the tow driver hooking up. He made no distinction as to the status of who he copulated with by invoking the local interpretation of droit de seigneur, the right of the rulers to have sex with women of their choosing.His targets were selected entirely on the basis of appearance, not age nor marital status. A few virgins even came into his net, but they were rare these days. The menfolk in the kingdom had learned to keep their pretty women out of sight when the Prince left the palace, but some of them resisted being hidden. Rest assured, all that knowledge will be passed on to my good friends for safe keeping. And if even a single piece of it turns out to be false, you'll wish you'd just chosen to go home with me."In two hours, if I don't think I could destroy you with a snap of my fingers, then I take you with me. That's the real choice here, Miss Santiago: either my friends and I own you for the rest of your life, or the rest of your life will be short and painful."Inwardly, John hoped that she'd have nothing.