It was ten when Lisa called. She said, “I have news, good news.”“That’s great. What’s happening?”She said, “I had forgotten that my moth...er almost finished college as an engineer. She is going to make money here. That’s really not a surprise. There was a surprise though.”I said, “Okay, what happened?”She said, “Put me on speaker so Pam can hear.” I did and asked Pam to join me and listen. Lisa continued. “Melody met Mitch. I’m not sure which one was more entranced with the other. They shook. Her long golden blond hair, was freshly washed and combed. Her skin which was devoid of makeup was clear and although she had tired shadows under her eyes still, they just served to make her blue eyes darker.There was nothing left to keep her in there, and so with a little shrug she smoothed down the pale blue dress that she has picked out of the pile of clothing, which has been put in her room at some point.The dress fell down around her knees and the little white hearts that broke up the blue. My husband and his best friend. I know that they’re both going to take me, like they have before. And they know it, too. But how, I’m not so sure.The anticipation is almost too much to bear. They are both watching me all evening, touching me all evening. But nobody else sees it.Drinks, chatting, socialising. Everyone else in the room is oblivious. But I know. I’m wet. I’m waiting. I can hardly wait.My husband. His friend. Both wanting me, and me wanting them. The night gets late and people. Her unoccupied mind would wonder to the gruesome scenes being played out on the walls of Castle Arrowthorn. The sounds of battle that she had been trying to block from her mind came drifting up to her ears. She could here the sound of steel clashing against wooden shields, the twang of archers bow and worse, the sound of peoples’ screams. She took up her golden harp and began to play a tune she had learnt from a minstrel that had visited the castle in her ninth year. Gradually the soft music.