Ellen, terrified, half-blinded in the rain, braceleted as she was, was twisted about, dragged to the side.
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The wagon rocked.
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She saw the dark figures of men about.
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She clung to the wheel to which she was fastened, and it spun beneath her, and she turned with it, and then, to her misery, she felt the wagon rock backward, and it was falling away, toward the ground, and she nearly slipped from the wheel to which she clung, and then, as the wagon heavily righted itself, striking into the earth, she was on her knees in the soaked grass.
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"Do not move, sleen of Ar!" she heard the officer cry.
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His men had encircled the now upright wagon, weapons at the ready.
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Selius Arconious was momentarily illuminated in a flash of lightning, looking wildly about, his fists clenched.
Ellen, terrified, half-blinded in the rain, braceleted as she was, was twisted about, dragged to the side.
The wagon rocked.
She saw the dark figures of men about.
She clung to the wheel to which she was fastened, and it spun beneath her, and she turned with it, and then, to her misery, she felt the wagon rock backward, and it was falling away, toward the ground, and she nearly slipped from the wheel to which she clung, and then, as the wagon heavily righted itself, striking into the earth, she was on her knees in the soaked grass.
"Do not move, sleen of Ar!" she heard the officer cry.
His men had encircled the now upright wagon, weapons at the ready.
Selius Arconious was momentarily illuminated in a flash of lightning, looking wildly about, his fists clenched.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )