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rticularly with the prone form of his Lady asleep
on top of them. Still feeling the exhaustion, he sighed and dropped
back to sleep.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
When he woke, he was alone in the bed and completely unaware of how
much time had passed. In a panic, he tried to sit up, and found that
he was yet bound. Sounds issued at him from the next room, and he
called, "Lady?" The sounds stopped, but there was nothing further.
"Lady, are you there?" appeared in the room, with no boots and
no gloves, but dripping wet, 's muscular body glistening with water.
"You are awake," observed.
"Yes, Lady." His voice was gentle and quiet. "May I get up?"
"Of course." reached to the knife, still stuck in the wall op-
posite the bed, and with two quick flicks of it over his head, he
felt the cords fall away. Stiffly, he moved his arms back down to
his chest, trying to rub at them and finding that his hands were rub-
bery and weak.
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