Ardeth
Two days had passed before he got his message from Rick, only it wasn't just a piece of paper with the information on like Ardeth expected, no, Rick, Alex, and Evie all came to give it to him personally.
"Ardeth, long time, no see."
"It is good to see you as well, Rick and Family."
"I talked to the owner like you asked me."
"And?"
"A Miss Cassandra Tanner."
"Ahhh… good."
"Good? Don't your people frown upon horse stealing?"
"And she shall come to her punishment in the most interesting of ways."
"That doesn't sound good."
"It does. For me at least."
"You're not going to hurt her are you?" Evie said.
"No."
"Want to elaborate?"
"No."
"You still going to Hamanaptra?"
"Yes."
"Can I come?" Evie asked.
"No." Rick said before Ardeth could answer.
"Rick, you really should stop with overbearing rudeness."
"No."
Ardeth smiled as Rick and his beautiful wife squabbled. "It's a battle to protect."
"Hamanaptra?"
"Yes."
"Interesting."
"We've experienced a Hamanaptra battle before firsthand and unfortunately we were on the opposite side, and I happen to know that I would rather be with him than against him. So let's just stay here, or go back to the hotel and do something safe…. Like dust fossils."
Evie harrumphed and left the tent.
"We are leaving tonight, my friend, and then I am going to get this woman and my horse."
"I have a feeling that there's something you haven't told me yet."
"This woman, Cassandra, she is the one."
"The One?"
"Yes."
"How the hell did you meet her?"
"Most unconventionally."
"And?"
"And nothing."
Rick turned away, laughing and left the tent, Ardeth smiled and began to prepare for battle.
Cassandra
She was scared, frightened would be more the word for it, her hands and legs were tied, she was gagged and blindfolded, but she had no idea what was going on. Cassandra thought that she must have a concussion, her head ached and she felt dizzy but she knew that she had to keep her mind clear. She knew she was on a horse, she could smell horseflesh and could hear the huffing breathe of it. Her body was bent over in front a man, or atleast she thought it was a man, her stomach ached and her hips hurt from the harsh ride every time the horse moved the air in her lungs was forced out. She could barely breathe.
"We are here." Someone said, it sounded like a man.
"Take the woman and tie her to one of the pillars until nightfall."
"No, Khaldun desires her presence in the main tent."
"Fine, take the woman."
Suddenly Cassandra felt light, someone was picking her up, hands were all over her body as she was being traded from one man hands to another, she struggled for a brief moment before being slapped hard across the face and dropped on the ground. Her head ached worse and her body took a jarring, her cheek stung from the impact of his open hand, but she no longer struggled, soon she was being thrown over a man's shoulder and taken away. Soon she found that she was in a cooler area, the tent perhaps?
"Did you get the woman?"
"Yes, sir."
"Good. My plans are coming together nicely. Tonight we will begin."
The blindfold was ripped away from her face along with the gag, light flashed and pain spiked inside her head, she looked away and put a hand to protect her eyes. She found that her hands and feet had also been untied, she struggled for a minute to stand, her legs were numb, needles of pain ripped down her legs making her knees buckle.
"Ahh, dear, dear Cassandra."
"Who are you? Where am I?"
"I am Khaldun and you are in Hamanaptra."
"That's impossible, it doesn't exist."
"Ah, but it does. You see?"
"No. I Don't see. I don't see why I'm here or why you brought me here or anything. I don't see anything damn you!"
A hand struck her from behind, forcing her to her knees.
"I would watch what I saw, Cassandra. I've a mind to feed you to my men."
"What does that mean?"
"I think you know what it means, they haven't had a woman in a long time, I might even join them."
"You are disgusting."
"And you are a fool."
A/N: I know it's kind of short but I will think of more the next time around.
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