She looked over at him with pride, thinking how peaceful he seemed, how handsome he was. His chest was broad and hairy; his muscles were well develope...d. He was a very masculine man.She thought she could get her things and tiptoe quietly past him without awakening him, so she gathered her shampoo and creme rinse and took another long dress out of the drawer and stepped through the doorway into his bedroom.An involuntary gasp escaped the young girl's throat as she found herself looking at her. Seth's steward took charge of the other slave, but Seth himself led Dearg through the manor's ornate doors and down an arched hallway. The slave's dusty feet left footprints on the rugs. Seth's guards trailed them, unwilling yet to leave Seth alone with the barbarian. "We'll have you cleaned up first," Seth said. "Then we'll see if you can live up to your boast." What had it been again? Ah yes. Spear him until he was begging for an end. Seth rather doubted Dearg could match his stamina, but. " Then she carried on, "you have a deep injury lower on your back," her fingers probed down my spine feeling the ridges through my shirt - she caught her breath sharply as she reached the lower end. "You broke your back a long time ago - you're very lucky, it should have paralysed you."The latter as she now faced me, her hands on my shoulder.I was startled. Yes I had broken my back some thirty and odd years earlier, but I'd certainly never told anyone in this Company. Letting Personnel know at. She tentatively rubbed soap over her flesh and winced as she felt the telltale stings, and burns."Oh well," she muttered as she switched off the taps. "Just one more night, and then we are done with it for another few months."It was true that she did not relish these experiences; that the only real pleasure she gained from them was the chance to go out with her father and her sister; although last night had been something else again.She smiled as she remembered Laurie's jubilation the night.