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Becky threw down her peach and ran towards the girl who climbed up the tree and jumped over the wall. Like a monkey Becky followed her over yelling,

"HEY!!!" Once she got closer to the girl, who had stopped running for a second, Becky placed her hand on the other girls shoulder but was twisted around, a sharp knife lingered dangerously close to Becky's throat.

"Shout out one more time I swear I'll slit your throat." She whispered harshly as she pressed the knife to Becky's throat for impasses. Becky froze in fear when she felt the sharp sting of the blade going into her skin slightly. "I don't know why you are following me but go back to the manor and go on with your life." Roughly she threw Becky down on the ground and went to run off but the howls of the dogs stopped her in her tracks. "Damn!" Knowing she had to by some time for Kane to find her, Becky stood up and tackled her, sending them both tumbling down a steep hill and splashing into a shallow creek, knocking Becky unconscious.

When she awoke the next morning she saw the girl that had theoretically kidnaped her peeling an apple. Groaning she sat up and looked at her surroundings, she was in a dark damp cave. When her eyes came on the young girl sitting at the opening of the cave, she started to worry about her welfare.

"Good morning miss." She said, surprising Becky she pealed a piece of apple and handed it to her, Becky was wondering why this strange girl was acting so nice to her, then she snipped "Eat it or starve choose!" Becky was hungry so she took the apple slice and started nibbling on it. "Now what is your name? I need to know the name of my hostage." Becky snarled at the girl and said,

"What's YE name and why are ye runin Are ye a thief?"

"Bloody no Miss. I was living the Manor. My name is Miss Stephanie." she said bowing a little in Becky's direction.

"Are you a slave?" Becky asked. Stephanie glared at Becky and snipped,

"I'm a slave to no one." After a few more minutes of talking Steph had told Becky a little bit about her but before Becky could start telling her story Steph said, "Get up."

"Huh?" Becky asked.

"Get up were leaving now!" With Becky's re-injured ankle it was harder for Becky to move as fast as Stephanie wanted her to, but she managed. Becky found out that Stephanie was going to use her as a hostage until they reached her old town, which meant she was going further into England, something Becky was not pleased about. Another thing Becky wasn't pleased about was that Stephanie had no idea where she was going. After a few minutes of arguing Stephanie said,

"Something is following us." Steph said.

"What?" Becky whispered. "How do you know?"

Steph covered Becky's mouth with her hand and then listened to the sounds of the night, the sound of a twig snapping finally caught Becky's attention and they both turned around and saw a pair of yellow eyes belonging to a large gray wolf. "RUN!" Steph shouted. Steph ran ahead of Becky who was caught by the wolf, it sunk its teeth deep into her already injured ankle. Becky was surprised when Stehpy came back and helped her by throwing a rock in its direction. After a few Stephy seconds of trying to avoid the wolf, the sound of many arrows flying through the air and land in the wolf and quickly took it down. Becky looked around and saw her 'captor' was apprehended by two guards then her eyes came upon a very angary looking Kane. Before Becky could say anything she passed out from the pain in her bleeding ankle.

When Becky woke up she saw the English country side wizing by her. Paniking she tried to move but was stilled by a gloved hand that was wrapped around her waist.

"Stay still." Becky was about to slip out of conciousness again when he whispered,

"Kane." Ke kept silent, frowning at the thoughts that pleauged his mind. If Becky didn't want to stay with him she should have said so. He had given her plenty of chances to trun back, why wait until now to run away. Kane figured she was different from all the other women in Great Britian, but now he knew for a fact that she wasn't what he thought she was. Now Lord Taker had ordered him to hunt down her and the other girl like wild animals. More than likley bothe women would be placed in Taker's herem, that thought alone made Kane's body go cold and ridgid. The idea of Becky giving Taker pleaser instead of himself made Kane see red. No matter what happened between himself and Becky he still felt a strong connection with this girl. Another thing that bothered him was Becky's health, her ankle was really starting to look bad. The wolf bite she sustained was painfull looking, he wanted comfort her but for some reson Kane knew she would not allow him to.

A few hours later they arrived back to Lord Undertaker's estate. Kane lept off his horse and carried Becky to the healing house. It was a small log cabin located right beside Taker's castle. Kane quickly handed her to the men working in the house and said,

"Take care of her, I should return soon." He quickly went to exit the house but was met with one of Taker's guards.

"Captian Kane, Lord Undertaker would like to speak with you right away." He bowed low and quickly sprinted away.

**Oh great** Kane thought as he walked into the castle, making his way through the dark hallways. The screams of the prisoners being tortured in the dugneon echoed off the coblestone walls, uneffecting Kane. Onfce he reached the throne room he saw Taker sitting on the throne looking very foreboding.

"My lord." Kane bowed.

"Leave us!!!!" Taker bellowed to his subjects. When the room was cleard of people the fight began. "Why did you bring this wench into my house, causing trouble in the ranks of my slaves??"

"Permisson to speak freely?" Kane calmly requested through clenched teeth.

"YES!"

"I strongly suggest you take a look at the slave girl that escaped today. How do we know she wasn't already planning on leaving these grounds?"

"Why would any of my slaves try and escape? They have a dry roof over their heads, food to eat, water to drink, what more could one person ask for???"

"Have you seen the girl?" Kane asked.

"Well, no, why?"

"I think you should take a look at the poor girl before you make judgments on anyone. You must leave Becky's fate in my hands dear brother." Taker looked like he was about to protest but thought better of it, she was one less person to deal with.

"All right brother, do what you will with her, but heed my warning. If she crosses my path again there will be diar consequences, do you understand?" Kane bowed low again and answered.

"Yes my brother." With that he left, as he walked out the door he saw two guards pulling the poor slave girl into the throne room. She was franticly trying to struggle her way free from the guards vice like grip, but they would not waver in their grip. Kane said a silent prayer for the girl then went back to the healing house to check on Becky.