Chapter 1

"She is almost ready." The doctor said to the man standing in the shadows of the room. "The conditioning is almost complete. She has a very strong mind and her feelings for the man are very strong as well. I am sure however you will be pleased with the result."

"I expect to be doctor. Make sure she is ready by the end of the week." The man said his voice hard and cold.

The doctor did not respond. He did not like the man or his attitude. The fact is though he was in the man's debt. He had got him out of the institution he was incarcerated in and had given him leeway to continue with his 'work'. In return he had agreed to facilitate the reconditioning of the woman. He checked the program that was currently running and smiled at the woman as her body jerked and shook in response to the images and the audio he was feeding through to her. She was reacting in just the way he wanted. The next step was to create the illusion which was going to be a little more difficult than the programming he had inserted into her brain for her to do the job the man wanted her to do. The hardest part of the programming was getting her to perform the job despite her feelings for the man in question. He had to completely eradicate any form of self-awareness in the woman, he had to create a robot who would do exactly what she was programmed to no matter what else happened, or what her conscious mind was screaming at her.

When the doctor had left the room, the man from the shadows re-entered. He walked up to the bed of the woman and lifted her hand and kissed it gently.

"I could never hurt you Letitia, you have always held my heart. Ever since the first time I saw you I knew you belonged to me. I told you that once. Then you tricked me, you told me you loved me, needed me, then you left without a word. But I have never forgotten you my sweet darling, I know you were young and you did not understand me. But my love, after all these years, after all you have done I still love you. He is holding you from me you need to rid yourself of him, so he must die. He must die by your hand and I will make it happen. You must be lost my love you must feel the pain I felt at losing you, only then you will understand. You will be hunted by the ones you now call your friends, by his team, and I will come and find you and rescue you. Then you will be mine again." He said talking softly and lovingly to the woman.

By the end of the week the doctor had done his job. The woman was delivered back to her apartment with implanted memories of a vacation she had never taken, friends she had never visited. The doctor stood by her bed and looked down at the sleeping woman.

"You are going to perform superbly my dear. I am going to very much enjoy watching you do your worst. I always enjoy watching the fruits of my labor at work." He smiled and then left along with the four men who had been sent to assist him.

Arriving back at his employers premises he was taken back into the room that had been set up as a control room of sorts. His employer was there with his surveillance and computer specialist. The walls were lined with monitors all of them depicting the bar area of a restaurant. At the moment it was deserted as it was the early hours of the morning.

"I trust all went well doctor?" The man said turning to the doctor as he entered the room.

"All is in place. When may I expect my payment?" The doctor asked. He was done with this task and he had honored his agreement. Now he wanted his payment.

"Very soon doctor, but I believe you have something to give me first." The man said holding out his hand to the doctor. Obligingly the doctor handed over a piece of paper with a phrase written on it.

"When you use that phrase, she will do as she was programmed. She will not remember doing it though. You will not be able to use her again, once he is dead it is over. I only had enough time to program his image into her brain, I did not have enough time to make her completely yours."

"I only need her to kill him. After that she will be mine anyway." The man said a hard smile on his face. "You have done well doctor. Your payment as promised…" He said nodding to one of his men. The doctor turned to face the man expecting him to hand him a briefcase. Instead he found a man pointing a gun at him. His eyes grew wide with fear and he was about to turn to his employer and ask what was going on when he was hit by a bullet between his eyes. His employer watched as the doctor crumpled to the floor. Then he ordered his man to get rid of the body before turning to his computer specialist.

"All is in order I take it?" He asked the young man.

"It is sir…I was not able to infiltrate the back area of the restaurant where their headquarters are but as you can see…" The specialist pointed at the banks of monitors. "You can see everything that is happening in the front of the microbrewery."

"Very good…" The man said quietly. "Call me when they are gathered there all together." He said then left the room.

Now all he had to do was wait for the right moment. He had been planning this for several months ever since he had stumbled across Sophie Devereaux, that was what she called herself now, and now he was ready to proceed. He had searched for her for years. She had run away from him, disappearing completely. She had changed her name, changed her life, but he had never stopped looking and eventually he had found her. On seeing her he immediately knew he still wanted her, she had to be his. She had had no right to leave him before, she was meant for him. He was angry when he found her involved with another man. How could she betray him like that? He knew then he wanted that man dead. Nathan Ford had to die for taking his beautiful Letitia away from him. He could have had him killed, but then she would never accept him. It seemed to him that she had to suffer too for what she had done, but he could not hurt her. He also wanted her to be ready to return to him. He needed her to need him and the way he saw to do this was to isolate her. But how did he do that. She was in this team, his team. It was then that he had decided that Ford needed to die by her hand. There would be no turning back for her then. That way she would be rid of her ties to him and to his team, they would never forgive her for killing him. He researched and sought out the doctor. Then when the opportunity had presented itself he had taken her and given her to the doctor. Now she was ready. Ready to rid herself of a man who had no right to be with his woman, and by doing that to make herself vulnerable and alone, running from a group of people he was sure would want to kill her for taking the life of their leader. Yes…she would be his again. He would 'find' her and she would cling to him. He had to break her to have her, but he would have her. Yes, this was the time for him to get his beloved Letitia back. He would deal with the team when they came for her, she would thank him for saving her life and she would be tied to him even more.

He sighed and smiled to himself pouring himself a glass of expensive whiskey and sitting down behind his desk. He picked up the picture of the young smiling girl who stood beside him in the Paris countryside. Brining the picture to his lips he kissed her image softly and then put it back on the table. You will give yourself to me my love, without reservations, you will love me and I will love you. I will forgive you for what you did to Ford, just as I forgive you for what you did to me…I will save you from the retribution of his team and offer you absolution and I will accept you and you will love me for it.

"Soon my love, my Letitia, we will be together again, and this time, you will be tied to me forever."

OK well that is the start of my new story. I hope you are all going to enjoy this one. Please let me know what you think of the first chapter. I really look forward to reading every review.