Naomi could do little more than whimper. The pain and the humiliation, the fear, all combined to leave her unable to speak. She could not say those words, and yet she could not risk her sister suffering worse that they both already were. "I...." She swallowed.<br/><br/><em>Help me sister... I cannot let you die at the hands of this animal!</em><br/><br/>"I do not believe you". She gasped out. "You want me, you need me... Let her go, let her go now, and I will stay with you willingly and..." She swallowed, hard, "And I will marry you." She blinked back the tears. "But you must let her go first!"