" He shrugged nonchalantly, even as he started seething inside."If you can't take a little challenge..." he dared her delicately."Yeah Right!", she th...rew back mockingly over her shoulder as the crowd parted to let her through.That night, Garett plopped down on his hotel bed for what must have been his twentieth attempt at relaxing. Something was burning in his blood. To be exact, Adrienne was burning in his blood. His pride was stung that Adrienne had actually refused to work with him when. We’ve thought about it since then. They knew we had gold, even knew exactly which pack animal it was on. Then a couple of weeks later we got word Murphy was found at the claim, shot in the back. Twice. There was nothing left of the camp and even his boots and coat were missing. There was no sign of Willie so I’m thinking the worst, that he decided to take it all and then track us down for the rest of it.”We made it back to a town. Dad took a job as a swamper at a saloon. It was all he could. After breakfast I'll go on lineand order ballet boots and a couple of corsets for her. Squeezing herwaist will be such fun. I'll suspend her and lace her tight. So tightshe can hardly breathe. Cuff her at elbows behind her of course... tight. Good enough... she squeals. Lead by collar to kitchen. Sit her at table.Strap her ankles together... very tight."Ouch!"Yes I know it's tight, yes I know it hurts yes it's supposed to..."Shut up!" Make food, bring to table. She waits patiently. Ha,. You had sworn an oath to keep the grown and kingdom safe against anything and up to this point you had been more than successful.You were a hardened warrior at barely 26 and thanks to your intense training many considered you to be the best of the best. No other soldier could even compare, struggling to even keep up against you when sparring. This has lead to your fellow knights giving you respect, but also to many of them feeling distrustful of what you could do.Many admired you, not only.