<div align="center"><strong>Lady Catherine Montrose</strong></div><br/>The Captain's sweet smile and promises with cloaked meanings did nothing to quieten Catherine's pounding heart, but she would not worry Mary with such concerns, though there was little doubt that the fate of both women hung on the captain’s whim.<br/><br/>She watched Mary take the food with a deep and growing sadness. The girl had no idea what was to come, but she would not hear it from Catherine’s lips.<br/><br/>"Captain, my Father would pay handsomely for my safe return and I in turn would pay well for the virtue of my friend. I beg you, leave her in blissful ignorance and spare her the torments to which you would mercilessly subject her." Though she knew that she would also suffer at the Captain's hands, Catherine would not give Blood the satisfaction of hearing her beg for herself.<br/>