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To the Highest Bidder Goes the Prize (Chuckeles/butterfly040

Gaisse nods softly as he pauses the horses sliding off of the horse. Kneeling slowly be studies the ground for a few moments. "It looks like he paused the cart here and moved around it slowly. He was carrying extra weight with him." He takes his horses reigns leading it as he follows the tracks. "Something isn't right with these tracks. The cart isn't cutting as deeply into the ground anymore." He glanced back at Kiana swallowing.

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The man laughs again shaking hjd head slowly again. "No, I don't think I will. I might even sample some of you for myself." He smirks as he throws the last of his wine on to her. "Why don't you take that dress off for me?"
 
Kiana stayed up upon her horse but looked out over the land around them. "Then it was not carrying the same weight anymore...." she said pensively as she glanced about, looking for some sign. "As if something was removed from the cart...?"

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Lily gasped as he tossed the wine on her, her arms coming up to block it from hitting her in the face. "Like HELL I will..." told him, a rage in her eyes. She was not about to go out without a fit. "I am no man's whore. Not yours, not anyone's. I am getting married tomorrow. Let. Me. Go!" She yelled at him, still trying to appear brave and confident though that appearance was starting to fail her a little inside.
 
"It lost all of its weight. Means he switched to a horse, but the trail is all muddied up." He glances up at the sky as it starts to darken, thunder pealing through the sky. Swallowing softly he shakes his head as he begins searching for the fresh trail. His eyes move frantically as the sky gets darker.

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"Come on poppet, under all those silks you are still must a whore. I know how all you ladies like to act. But I'm not judging, our lord here has already married a whore. Figure she might have taught you something useful." He begins laughing again starting to pour Wine on her.
 
Kiana glanced up, feeling the same urgancy as him. "If we don't find a trail before the rain starts, we might never find it." She tried to think rationally. Pointing, "If the cart went off in that direction... the horse with it's load likely went off in another direction. Not back towards the manor as it would be retracting and walking back into our hands. So..." she pointed off towards the woods, "I would think we would be most likely to find a trail in that direction?"

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Sarah's hand shoots up to smack away this hand pouring the wine over her and made her move. She had grown up with two brothers. As much a lady as she was, she knew how to hold her own. Making a fist, she swung at the man, hitting him right in the jaw with more force then one would expect from a little thing like her.
 
Gaisse nods as he slips back on to his horse. "We should hurry up and get into the woods then. That storm looks like its going to be bad." He leads them into the woods starting to pick up the fresher trail. He curses as the sky seems to open, fat drops of rain starting to fall on them. With his eyes still on the trail he fishes out a cloak and hands it to Kiana. "You will want to wear this, it will keep you alittle dry as it begins to rain." He shakes his head as he slips off his horse checking the tracks as lightning flashes across the sky.

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The man stumbles slightly from her hit, truly surprised by it. A low growl escapes from him as he turns back to her. His response his quick and harsh as he slaps her hard across the face. "You are going to pay for that you little whore." He steps up slapping her hard once more aiming for the other side of her face.
 
Kiana takes the cloak without protest and tosses it on, even through the falling rain had already begun to soak her. As she watched him look for the trail, she jumped with the sound of lightening. "We have to hurry or we'll not only be stuck without a trail but we'll not be able to return to the manor until the storm passes..."

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Lily yelped out as he hit her, swaying as she took the full impact of his hit. She seemed to recover after a moment, glaring at him before her leg shot up and kicked him... right where it would hurt the most.
 
Gaisse growls under his breath knowing she is right about the storm. "If we leave now then we lose the trail for sure." He has ignored his own cloak letting the rain soak into his clothing. He keeps leading his horse slipping some in the mud, as the rain intensifies making it harder to make out the trial as the water washes it away.

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The man cries out as she kicks him hard. AS he gasp trying to get his breath back, he begins to curse her angrily. It takes him a moment to recover anger burning through his eyes as he draws his knife on her.
 
Kiana did not say a word to him, just kept on following him even though her instincts told her to turn around and head back to the manor. She could only imagine how upset her husband was going to be with her when he discovered her missing.

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Lily took the hesitation in his actions to take advantage. She ducked and pushed past him out of the room to try and make an escape. There was only one way out and she was going to take her chances.
 
Gaisse continues to push forward, ignoring the rain as best as he can. The rain turns cold making his shirt stick to his chest. A soft shiver runs through him as he curses the trail disappearing even as he tries to study it. "The trail is starting to disappear, I cant follow it in this type of rain." Sighing softly he continues to try and follow the trail.

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"Stop her boys." He forces himself to stand slowly as the other man makes a grab for her. The third moves to stand in front of the door licking his lips softly. "Dont try to get away before we have had our fun."
 
Kiana finds herself starting to give over to shivers as she tries to keep up with him. The lightening only seems to be getting closer and the rain only more intense. Even as she tries to call out to him from over the rain, the sounds of thunder drown out the sounds. "Gaisse! Gaisse can you follow the trail any-" Before she can finish a bolt of lightening shoots down from the sky and hits a tree only about 500 feet from where they were. The sound is so loud that Kiana's mare reired up upon it's back legs, tossing Kiana off it's back and landing hard in the mud, her head smacking off the earth.

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Lily screams out, the sound echoing through the space as she fought off the other men. Kicking, screaming, throwing punches in a panic where ever she could land them.
 
Gaisse cant hear her over the wind and lightning. He involuntarily ducks as the lightening strikes a tree so close to them. He turns hearing the mare rein up on its back legs. He rushes back through the mud to kneel beside Kiana. "Lady Kiana can you hear me?" He lifts her head tenderly probing with his fingers trying to make sure she isnt injured.

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The men laugh as they begin to return the punches, ripping at her dress. "You arent going anywhere, but back into your cell poppet." The leader steps out grabbing her by the hair, using it to drag her back towards the room.
 
Kiana groans, her head moving back and forth, her hands sort of moving about, aimlessly reaching out. Kiana seems conscious but confused. She says nothing but only groans a moment longer as her eyes open and she looks around, the confusion clear in her eyes in addition to her body language.

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Lily claws at the man's hands as he tugs on her hair, kicking even as she is pulled off her head and drug about, "LET ME GO! BASTARDS! LET! ME GOOO!!!"
 
Gaisse glances around quickly as he tries to shelter Kiana from the rain. Giving a quick whistle his stallion comes over to him. Lifting Kiana up gently he sets her up on his stallion. His hand is quick to pat the horses neck reassuring it softly. "Just be easy boy." He glances up at Kiana swallowing softly as he slips into the saddle behind her. His arms wrap around her waist just enough to keep her from falling again, as he turns back towards the manor with the mare following.

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The man growls as he moves to press his knife against her throat the metal cold against her warm skin. "Stop fighting us poppet or I will slit your throat open."
 
Kiana still seemed dazed as he put her up upon the horse. Her head flopping back to rest against this chest as they road. Before long, Kiana was out, limp as she rested in the saddle before him.

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"Do it..." she said from between clenched teeth. "I would rather die right here, right now, then be your whore or anyone else's..." she told him, closing her eyes and waiting for him to fulfill his threat.
 
Gaisse pauses on the horse as he looks around, slightly confused about their location. He was unfamiliar with this land and the rain wasnt helping any of that. Spotting a small cave nearby he rides towards it thinking it is perfect to use as a shelter. Slipping off the horse he carries Kiana inside laying her down, before he darts back outside. It takes him a few minutes, but soon he has a fire going which begins to warm the small cave up nicely.

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The man glares as he presses the dagger into her skin letting it cut her just abit. "Your to valuable to throw away." He nods to the other men who take her arms and legs. His next move involves using the dagger to cut her dress off in pieces, throwing each piece into the fire as it comes off. "Just tell me when you want this to stop."
 
Kiana was still out in a rather unnatural state as he attempted to make her comfortable in their cave. She was totally soaked to the bone and covered in mud from her landing on the ground. A light shiver starting to hit her body as she lay by the fire.

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Lily cries out, this time in pain as he breaks her skin. "You call me valuable to sell to a merchant... yet you would make more selling me back to my family..." she felt something didn't make sense here. She tries to seem calm even as they have her pinned down and her clothing coming off. Part of he was still trying to be rational with them and implore to their greed. "Why NOT sell me for the truly valuable price?"

((PLEASE don't let them get to that point with her. I really don't want a rape))
 
Gaisse moves over to check on Kiana. With a gentleness he has only shown to Lily, he lays another blanket over her. He is torn as to what to do, if Kiana were anyone else he would have immediately stripped off the wet clothes. Lifting her up he hesitates before starting to strip her dress off keeping his eyes off her body. He is quick and soon has her wrapped in several dry blankets from his pack. Using the rain he rinses her dress off become setting it before the fire.

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The men all hesitate as she mentions selling her to her family. "How much would they pay us?" He has stopped cutting all of her lady bits still well covered. "And how can we trust you not to have us hanged?"
 
She laughed slightly, "Simple, a trade off point. You send them a message with your demand, they send you the money. My family is honorable and true to the word. They would pay you whatever you ask." Lily really felt like she was getting through to them now. She had appealed to the greed in them that was more dominate then their lust, "Just think, you could get payment from my family... and my fiance. Two paydays rather then one."
 
The men all exchange a look the greed burning in their eyes. "We are all partners in this so we need to discuss this first." He takes her arm being a little softer with her seeming to realize her value. Pushing her into the room he locks the door once more. Motioning they all meet in the middle and begin discussing the extra gold.
 
Lily collapses to the bed, all her built up stress and fears hitting her all at once as she rolls herself up into a ball, shaking in fear. She was relieved that she seemed to finally get through to them but she had to get out all this fear before they returned. If they decided to not take such a chance, she could have to face them again in a second round.
 
The men continue to huddle around the table discussing things between themselves. Two of the men were arguing for ransoming her back to her family. Only the leader was reluctant, he had never trusted nobles and that's what Lily was asking of him. Eventually he begins to cave the idea of gold well more gold at least appealing.
 
After venting all her terror into the pillow on her bed and had once again calmed herself down, Lily sat up and sighed. There was nothing to do now but wait. Wait for their choice. She prayed that they would vote in her favor for if they voted against it, she did not know if she had the energy left within her to fight them off again.
 
The leader moves to unlock the door slowly. "How much gold will your family lay for you. We want it to be worth our while." He smiles at her greedily as he rubs his hands together. "And we want a letter absolving us of all crimes we might have committed." He sneers slightly as he watches her carefully still not fully trusting her.
 
Lily smiled, seeming confident and cool still, "How much you would have sold me for to a merchent... double the price. They will pay you that and I will personally write out the letter and have my father and my brother both sign it. This can all end civil for if you were to try and take me away, you could have my father, my brother, all their guards, my fiance, and all HIS guards ready to chase you down. You can be rich men... or hunted men."
 
The men smile softly laughing. "We could have gotten at least five hundred gold from the merchant." He turns as they begin whispering among each other. "What if we have other demands besides gold?" They smirk softly as they begin to drink wine with each other. The leader offers her a glass along with a plate of food. "We will make a list and present it to you."
 
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