It had been an awful night. The moon shown brightly and kept Aideen awake well into the night. When she finally did fall asleep, rough hands woke her. They were large, one over her mouth the other holding her down. Frantic eyes flew open to see a wicked, all too close grin. The threat to murder her parents should she scream kept Aideen silent as her hands were bound, she was gagged and thrown over a shoulder.<br/><br/>Despite her restraints, Aideen was not an easy hostage. She managed to fling herself from her captor's back twice and would have escaped had a scrawny man not managed to get ahold of her hair and drag her back. Angry tears rimmed Aideen's eyes as she was eventually dragged back to a ship. One she recognized.<br/><br/>Aideen stood before Lance, her white nightdress filthy, dirt upon her face, and her hair a mess, but she no longer struggled. There was a secret hope in her heart that he had come to take her away from that horrible man her parents were forcing her to marry, but it was crushed under his cold gaze. Her own brow tapered up in hurt confusion. That hurt, however did not last long for when she was locked below deck, still bound, Aideen became angry.<br/><br/>Defiant eyes stared up at Lance from where Aideen sat on her knees. Her wrists and arms ached, but she said nothing as the tape was ripped from her mouth. His kind touch, now cruel, iced her veins and Aideen simply narrowed her eyes and they followed Lance as he exited the cell and sat upon a wooden chair. Even now, however, the sight of him stirred Aideen despite her feelings.<br/><br/>"Perhaps if you had returned sooner..." Aideen turned her head away from him, her jaw tightened as she forced back angry tears. "If you're going to kill me, then do it." She spat at him. With no real idea of what was going on, Aideen could only assume the worst. "You did as much every day you did not return."