”The elder woman asked, “Are you going to take us as your women, Chief? We would try to be good, even if we are not fertile. We would be very good... to you, any way you want us to be, much more willing than we were with Denovo; just don’t beat us, please.”He looked at them both for a long moment before replying.“The matter of women is now a question for the tribe as a whole, about the position of women within our tribe. Our adviser and guide, High Chief John, has invited the tribe to take up the. I felt rope going around my ankles. At the same time, the man holding my arms yanked what was left of my shirt down them and then I felt rope going around my wrists.I heard the tailgate of the truck being lowered. I was bent over the tailgate and had my arms pulled out in front of me, squashing my breasts against the cold metal.The rope was tied to one of the tie points on the truck bed near the cabin, stretching my upper body out completely.Then my feet were pulled in opposite directions. I. Everything else is expendable, replaceable, and pointless. Whatever it is you care about, be it your clan or your faith, I guarantee you, I promise you, it is not worth your life. Live for the Harajin if you want, but do not die for them.”“We are proud of our commitment, proud of our loyalty to our clans and our gods. It is with pride that we die in battle, and also with shame, for to be slain by another is to be inferior to them, too weak to carry on our duties. I swear, I swear on my pride as. He told the father to make for an inn named the 'Pious Satyr', the safest inn in Thebes, and to wait there for Tristan. If he had not caught up with them or met them the day after they arrived then the father was to send help and wait an additional three days before hiring protection and heading home to Loudin. Tristan figured they should have made Thebes by now and hoped the father had upheld his part of the plan.He had gotten a little sloppy and it had cost him; his cavalier attitude brought.