Her ankles and wrists were shackled firmly down and her ornamental waist chain was moved as far up her back as it would go. The harem of Ramzy El-Najj...r wore nothing but ornamentation and slippers, so there were no garments, however flimsy, to get in the way of her punishment. She shuddered a little, for although she had often seen others punished, as the honoured grand-daughter of the master she had never been whipped in her life. As she shuddered the Chief Eunuch watched the two perfect. There seemed to be very little wind, but the two men raised a worn and tattered sail on a tall, thin mast, and we all rested."The wind's from the northwest," Morrisey said, "what little there is. It's enough. The fleet will all have lights on their sterns. We ought to be able to see them if they're out here and heading south."The little boat, I guess it was about eighteen feet long, rocked gently in the swells, and we waited, taking turns dozing and standing watch, roughly one hour on and two. “Don’t worry sister. I only come to congratulate you.”She raises her brows as if surprised, but he can see she doesn’t truly believe it. If Athena was anything, it was brilliant, and he never would expect her to believe a word of kindness that came from his mouth.It makes him want to show her a variety of other things he can do to her with his mouth.“Then I thank you, brother.” She tilts her head in that way she does that says she knows all, and he nothing. It makes him feel like a child, and. Bob is real smart, but kinda shy, if you know what I mean. Bob's the smart one that went to college and everything. I only went to high school so I'll just write this the best I can and tell you what happened as best I can.Bob and I had a couple of classes together in high school, but it was band were I noticed him. He sat straight across from me. I played the clarinet, Bob played the trombone, and I'd catch him looking at me sometimes. He'd always look away embarrassed, but I knew he was.