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She hissed at him and tried to run, but he merely sat her over his lap like he had taking her out of the market. He spurred his mount and they shot over the hill-dotted field, soon clearing into dessert terrain. The stallion's hooves thundered enormously as they crossed the valley's bridge and entered a well known valley. The girl called Ria felt her heart sink. They had entered the feared Gerudo Thieve's Valley.

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Ria trembled in fear as Ganondorf pulled the black beast of a stallion to a halt, the various thieves gathering around their lord. They eyed her slim toned form with contempt, she guessed. The young females, the teenagers with big solemn eyes had all been competing for their king's lust and money, she knew, and to have him drag a woman he saw fit to join his clan into the Valley meant she had caught his gaze. More competition was probably not welcome here, she knew. Things were the same everywhere else in the world.

An older woman, yet well bodied, stepped forward to grab the reins and soothe the monstrous horse. She patted his nose softly and whispered soft words, quieting the huge beast. Her dark, alert eyes looked up at her Lord Ganondorf, full of respect for her leader, and she bowed.

"Welcome back, Lord Ganon. The Valley is glad to have your presence again," she said in a wisened voice. Ria struggled, making herself known, and all eyes drew to her. She kicked her feet out, jabbing the stallion in the side, and feeling his powerful muscles contract as he reared skyward in response.

The aged woman showed supreme strength as she jerked the reins downward, making him paw uneasily at the earth. Ganon's fierce claws came down on the back of her throat, making her squirms vanish for fear of intense searing pain she knew would come if she persisted.

Ganondorf lazily trailed a long claw along the back of her neck, down her cheek and across her throat. Almost like stroking a cat, Ria thought, tipping her head back. Let him have his fun, she thought. I'll be out of here in due time. I hope.

He smiled at her and looked at the crowd of people gathered around. So many young women with hopes of being wed to him, so many older women hoping for the honor of having their daughter wed to the Lord Ganondorf. So many hopes dashed, he thought with a smile.

He cleared his throat and looked at the thieves again. "I have come back to my valley," his voice boomed, echoing off the valley walls, "bearing a woman very much like yourself! She is beautiful, intelligent, but she differs from you in two ways. One of which is the small fact that she is the best thief I have ever seen or encountered, and the second....she is to be my wife at dawn, six months from this day." He smiled at the ripple of murmurs, angered whispers passing around him.

"Lord Ganon!" a young woman called, probably no more than 15, swollen with pregnancy. "You told me when you lay me to bed that I would be your wife! I swore to bear you a son, and you swore to wed me in return!" she cried angrily. An old woman laid a hand on her arm in reassurance, trying to tug her back into the crowd to avoid ridicule.

Ganondorf sneer and spat at her feet. "Marry you? Why ever would I say such a stupid thing? You are not beautiful enough, nor smart enough, to bear me a child worth ruling! That hideous scar on your cheek disgusts me! You lie, saying I sired that damned babe in your belly! Get out of my sight, you tramp!" he roared, making Ria whimper and shrink lower into the saddle. The enraged pregnant teenager turned and stormed off to her home of adobe, built into the walls of the valley, same as everyone else.

Ria watched her go sadly, wishing for some distraction so she could escape. She hated to think of the anguish and pain that would come to her, being bed by Ganondorf. He would beat her, surely, if she did not bear him healthy, strong children. She was expandable in his eyes, for if she was captured or killed thieving for him, he would simply pick up the next beautiful and cunning women he found and marry her.

There was an outraged cry, a scuffle, the neigh of a frightened horse, and then two Gerudo guards came forward, wrestling a dirty-blonde haired young man in a green tunic to the groud, burying his face in dust.

"Sir!" they called, giving the formal salute. "This man was trying to sneak into the dessert! We have his horse, what shall we do with him?" The guard kicked the struggling blonde in the ribs, making him cough and collapse, doubled over in pain.

Ganondorf scowled down at the being and waved a hand lazily. "Toss him into a dungeon cell," he said absently. "Do not concern me with him, I have more important matters pressing me. Can you not see my wife-to-be? I must attend to her!" Ria shivered as he casually dehumanized her, sad eyes falling on the man who was an equal prisoner.
His blue eyes darted around under shaggy blonde bangs, broad shoulders slumped in defeat. He was built powerful, she could tell, and would probably father great children with a suitable wife.

Little did she know, but this prisoner would become vital to her plans for the future.

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Well, folks, what do you think? I'm not sure where exactly this is going, but uhhhh. . . I plan on figuring out soon! I want to give special loves to Camaro, my dear friend and fellow author, who has lost her spark for her great story Dark Angel. She's helped me lots, and now I'm returning the favor in her hard times. Love you lots, babe, and I'll help you get through this! L0ts of l0vin, just for you babe!

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