There was nothing she could say to asve the soldiers. Then her parents came into sight. Cleo stared in shock unable to beleive this was happening. Did this nightmare never end? Had she not cooperated, given him what he had wanted. She really had not thought she asked that much.
"Lair.... You agreed out of your reach and safe to my satisfaction..... You damn well know this is not to my satisfaction. Damn lair...." Cleo screamed at him as the Ox started to pull her away. She continued to scream till he was out of sight. Focusing on her anger she tried not to think about what this really meant.
It was beyond her why he was doing this to her. Then again that is probably one of the reasons she never dealt heavily with the court. Father had always said she was a little too young, that there was no reason she had to learn hard lessons lyet while he was still around to protect her. Her parents were gone and not a problem. Cleo had cooperated in everything he asked, at least to the best of her knowledge. She had not even asked about her own fate, satsified if her parents were free that she could undure whatever price for that.
It turned out the Ox's idea of aware was a chair. Just a plain chair that he tied her to. There was nothing painful about the chair. He did not want her pain and suffering to distract her from her parents pain and suffering. It was moved close enough to her parents that she could not possibly miss much but also far enough away that she would not be in his way.