They had been forcibly detained when the Middle East had closed its borders to the rest of the world, especially the Western portion of it. Anyone wor...king within its borders at that time was 'invited' to stay indefinitely.Only the fact that the majority of the Western world was so caught up in the Swarm panic had prevented an escalation to all out war, world war three for want of a better description. As it was, their own economy had practically collapsed under the strain and only the fact that. Aisa soch ker yaha waha ki bate karte hum waha se nikal gaye raat ko khana khan eke baad maine kamini ko kaha chalo deck per chalet hai. Thodi thandi hawa me ghumker ate hai. Deck per andhera tha is liye main use deck per le gaya. Waha jaker khade rah eek dusre ko dekh rahe the main e kamini ki kamar me hath dalker apni aur khicha aur apne hoth uske nazdik le gaya usne bhi mere kandhe per hath rakh ker apne hoth mere hotho ke sath sata diye aur main jaise jung jit gaya hun aise use apni bahon. She cried more easily now. The first days and weeks, she'd managed to hold out until the half hour was nearly over. Twice, she didn't cry at all. She'd been proud of that, she had beaten Lora. But that was all behind her. Now, she knew it was inevitable and surrendered herself to it at the slightest sign. She no longer even bothered to curl her hands into fists. Her arms and legs were strangely relaxed, but the rest of her, neck to crotch, was clenched tight and trembling. She squeezed her eyes. "I smiled to myself, knowing full well what she was doing, and ignoring what she was saying. I knew she would be feeling a little differently in a few minutes, as I ramped up the strength of my strikes. I worked from her shoulders to her knees, being careful to keep everything on just her back, not letting the strands of the flogger wander around to her sides quite yet. I changed hands regularly, so the strikes came from different directions, and altered the direction of the hits in a random.