‘Are you okay?’ Casey asked, rubbing her arms as if trying to warm her. ‘Yeah,’ Megan replied. ‘I bumped my toe a few times, but, I’ll be ...okay. You said you needed help with something?’ ‘Mm-hm.’ In the dark, Megan could just make out Casey’s head bobbing up and down. ‘Well, remember how I said that you were in the final round for the team?’ ‘Yeah…’ The blonde struggled to keep her tone steady. Be cool, she thought to herself. Don’t be a total idiot. You’re so close! ‘Well,’ the head cheerleader. I'm not sure. My, eh,my sister sent me, Stephanie Carter, she might have eh, made anappointment, I'm not sure, eh, I think."The woman seemed to relent a little. She called to one of the others."Carol, will you check the book for this, eh, gentleman."Carol clicked her over to the desk from the back of the salon. She was,younger, maybe twenty, and also achingly gorgeous. Blond, tall, with hugebaby blue eyes and a generous bosom. She gave me a reassuring smile asshe approached and I fell in love. Hajin and another squad of mule riders waited at the end of the line of merchants. I swung my leg over my horse and jumped down. We greeted each other arm to arm, each of us gripping the other tightly as warriors like to do. My forearm was red where his fingers squeezed me and I shook the blood back into my arm; laughing he did the same."A whole company of men, Hajin?" I asked.He grinned and said, "Derwen is making a political statement. This is but a reminder to those watching you of the. Not daring to move her head or her wrists for fear of making the chains rattle, she tried to bring her leg up. Her wrists were chained to rings on the floor the metal collar around her neck chained to the wall, she giggled as she held up her leg, it was glowing! She was surely going crazy, she giggled again then quickly went quiet listening to see if the key keeper as she called him had heard her.Mix unlocked the door and strolled in grinning his awful leering grin, Jenee pressed back against.