Maddy's initial reaction to seeing Mordecai settled and she once more felt the fear returning to grip her heart.  He was a psychotic bastard, he wasn't in it so much for the sex, but the fear and pain.  She knew as he spoke that things were gonna be very very unpleasant for the girls.  The one holding her was as brutally dumb as the other two.  Although saying that Jonsey seemed to be the more sane one, he hadn't shown her he was a man to be afraid of, not like the other three.  She hoped Cassie might be safer with him.  But then she heard Mordecai say they were property of the ranch.  The ranch was his, so they now belonged to him and that was the most terrifying thing she could think of.<br/><br/>She ignored the grunt of the Reverend, focusing on the one who was a real threat.  “They know nothing Mordecai, one is just the Saturday girl and the other is not even an employee, she visited to tell us that she had been accepted to University” she told him, knowing that would likely never happen now.  She knew what codes he meant, and she did have some.  She was the Senior Manager in the district and because of this she received the codes for the other branches.  She hoped they had been changed when the news of the robbery hit, but she wasn't sure.  The banks were small, but between them they would bring a small fortune in.<br/><br/>“Let them go Mordecai, you know I am the one you want.” She hissed at him, “they cant tell you anything.” She was thinking that if he let them go she could tell him false codes.  Then the girls would be safe and that would leave her alone to face his wraith.  Anything to protect the girls.<br/><br/>~~<br/><br/>Toni struggled as the pit bull changed his hold on her.  Smothering her in a bear hug that made her cry out in pain.  She whimpered and sobbed, so scared, this was a nightmare, she had never seen anything like this ever before.  She was sure she would be scared for life.  But she wasn't sure if she would have much of a life.<br/><br/>She felt the point of the knife and cried, he cut her, dragging a line down her chest.  It stung and she sobbed, but she held still, except for the shaking of her shoulders. She knew he would carry out his threats too.  She knew he would indeed cut her up badly, and he would enjoy it.  She she stood still, trembling, terror making her look dazed.  Slowly she was beginning to sink into herself, hiding within her own mind..