She did neither. There was only silence, the mersong having already stopped. Appearing close to tears, she dove back into the water and darted off. Jo...siah understood she wouldn't be back that night.====================Josiah had a lot to think about the next couple days; more than he'd had in a long time. The whirlwind in his mind was primarily focused on the memory of touch, and having held her. Even where she was scaly, feeling her was still soothing, just knowing the texture, scaly as it may. Reins were also attached to the cuntrings of X53211. This was to encourage her lest she should not keep the pace. The pace set by the slavedriver was merciless. Again and again the carriage whip fell across the naked flesh of the unfortunate blonde but she could not keep the pace. At noon she collapsed. She was quickly revived and taken to the whipping post where she received 20 lashes with the cat-o-nine-tails. After this punishment she was again chained to the plow and lashed with the. I saw once again, all the beatings, the whippings, the torture, the pain, the suffering. They were coming back to me faster than a bullet. And then, seeing what was before me in real life, my dad, trying to rape the girl that I love, the girl that I would go to the ends of the earth to defend, to keep from harm, the rage I had been holding in for ten years exploded out of me like a volcano! I suddenly charged at my dad, and with the force of an angry bull, tackled him to the ground. Then,. I have enough knowledge to get by, I suppose. Though neither of them helped much, they just wanted me to just simply please them. That’s one of the reasons I’ve put guys off for a while, though I could change my mind for Tig. I inwardly sigh knowing that it won’t happen. I put him off my mind, as I get dressed. Jill shows up about an hour later and we head to the mall, getting new outfits for tonight. She’s in awe of my tattoo and debates on getting one herself. I tease her, and tell her she.