"She suffered a lot of tearing, both anally and around her vagina. Her genitals are badly bruised, too, probably from direct beating. She has severe a...bdominal bruising, but no internal bleeding. Her face looks bad, but actually that's the part of her that suffered the least. It's all superficial bruising and a few cuts, probably from slapping her around. The same for her breasts; they're black and blue, but no lasting damage inasfar as we could assess." Will she be okay again?" Maureen. ’ ‘What?’ She heard the settee creak, then felt the indentations into the mattress as he crawled across to the coffee table on his hands and knees. ‘I’m okay–really.’ ‘I never said you weren’t.’ He shook the box of matches. ‘The candle’s for me. It’s just too bloody dark in here. It’s freaking me out–I can’t get back to sleep.’ ‘No!’ Melissa knew he was trying to spare her feelings by pretending it was he who was bothered by the darkness, but he was about to discover she’d been crying. She. I caught earlier than normal train home and arrived back about 6, friends in the village had organised an impromptu barbeque due to the unseasonably warm weather.My husband would already be there and I was later than I expected so I drove home a bit faster than normal.It was really hot and sticky with the promise of a summer storm brewing.I poured myself a stiff drink, quickly showered and pulled on a summer frock that zipped up the front and sandals I don't need a bra but I thought I had. “Not so much the fighting. I am used to being angry and getting my way.”“Naturally,” he agreed.“I’m more referring to the fact that I’ve spent so many days in your head without a care in the world. It has been quite some time since I’ve been able to let my guard down, to not worry about what is happening in my realm.” She stopped and looked out at the water. “Without Oberon, I’ve had to make the tough calls by myself. In some ways, he was the light-hearted one, the regent who understood what.