The blood spurted over the delicate fabric and Jade screamed as El Senor kicked her assailant from her. Her heart was pounding and she was not able to catch her breath. She darted behind him as he barked orders for the man to be seen in the infirmary.<br/><br/>"Are you unharmed pet?" He asked the shaking woman, repeating himself a little louder to bring her back to what was happening since she seemed unsettled. "This is why I have you as my personal pet. As long as you are mine, no others will be able to treat you like that.<br/><br/>"Just think of this as a good thing." Ronen continued. "Now others will know that I am serious about protecting you, and less will dare use your body like that."<br/><br/>Jade’s teeth were rattling in her head as if she were cold. His words barely penetrated her mind, but she held on to the ray of hope that he was serious about protecting her. At the juncture she was no longer worrying about who would protect her from him. Her fate as sealed.<br/><br/>She followed him back through the maze of hallways and they came out into a shady courtyard where a fountain burbled serenely. Bougainvillea vines hung thick from the pergola, merry with bright red flowers. Joyful bursts of orange from the trumpet vines covered the trellises.  Blue, yellow, red and orange pops of color flitted in the bushes and Jade saw those were bright eyed parrots or parakeets. On a stand, a white cockatoo paced back and forth, cursing the free flying birds with epithets like<br/><br/>“Shove off you rogue bastard” or “ Kick him in the balls.” Among some of the less offensive phrases.<br/><br/>Jade began to giggle as the pirate governor lead her to a seating area  where some servants were waiting with a sweating pitcher of lemonade,<br/>“Laced with rum” the pirate informed her.<br/><br/>The bird nodded up and down on the stand before fixing his beady black eye on her,<br/><br/>“Stick it up your arse.” He squawked.<br/><br/>Jade began to laugh hysterically and then broke down in great gulping sobs.