She couldn't help but moan intensely as he focused on the sensitive nub with his fleshy tongue, surely it wouldn't take long for her to find satisfaction again if he kept this up. Ryu could feel him against her breasts, too, letting her drop into the pleasant bliss as he had found what laid within his desires.

Indiscernibly cold as he kept playing with her form, the bottle slid into her with ease as her hips bucked forward, meeting the toy of her lover. Her hands let go as one of them reached up to her face before she bit her index finger the slightest, like last time nobody would disturb them but it was an odd feeling to be loud nonetheless.

Meanwhile fingers trailed along the hand which pushed the object into her, squeezing it gently before Ryu came to rest on his wrist. Her body started to follow the motions given by Bryce, her breasts swaying in response as a few of her red locks travelled over one of her eyes. They were closed by the time, Ryu bathing in pleasure made her grow weaker under his control.

The pleasure built and built until like a switch it had been flipped off and she was waking up in a bed. Silk sheets had surrounded her, and the sheets where wrinkled. The light within the room had been dim and while it was foggy as to how she had gotten here it had been dream-like in nature that she was here now.

All she could be certain of was that she was in a from designed for luxuary. Bryce had been here as well, in the room ate least. A bath robe encircled him and he had been near the door of the room, in the process of reaching out to the door knob when things had shifted the way that they had.

She could hear the squeak of a floor board somewhere outside of the bedchamber alerting her to the fact that they were not alone.

His hand falling to the door knob, Bryce glanced both right and left before his eyes settled to one of the ornamental swords hanging on the wall making an X. He took one, sliding it off the wall before he slowly twisted the door knob.

Though the place remained unknown to her, she was aware of the fact it must be familiar somehow because Bryce was with her. About to speak as her eyes made out his subtle movement near the door, she let the idea drop as a squeak could be heard, for once not in their room which meant an intruder had entered their household.

It was easy to tell once she noticed that Bryce took a sword on a wall nearby. Ryu acquired her panties next to the bed before she reached out to a nightgown and put both on, in her sleepy state the gown had been buttoned loosely in front of her chest as the rest appeared unnecessary.

Ryu sighed softly and pulled the sheets up, but leaned her upper body against the barrier at the top of the bed to watch her husband in the dim light. Whatever was out there, he would take care of it.

Usually she would intervene, but Bryce could take care of things by himself, unlike the girls Ryu adored and spent time with back at the campus. It was better to let him do it alone since she learned back in high school that it could be degrading for a man to be assisted or beaten by a woman at times. I'll leave the exploit to you then.

The door opened and it was then that it happened. So swiftly that one would not have believed the factors being unwound as something thrust forward, a blade that caught Bryce in the middle of the chest only to skewer him as it sank into his flesh and even came out of his back before retracting.

Bryce crumbled to the floor, the sword in his hand falling to the floor with a clank.

In the doorway stood a husky, bald man armed now with a bloody rapier. He had been adorned in black clothing though the style seemed to be odd for the time period and what she had previously seen given that he was wearing a black trench coat.

He grinned as he hefted his blade up so that it's point had been aimed in Ryu's direction. "Well hello there. Boys, we have a lievely one."

The sounds of footfalls echoed throughout the house seeing that stealth had now been out of the question seeing that they could hear the sentry placed right outside their bedroom. Two others joined the first, a tall thin man and a bearded individual, all in black trench coats and while swords hung on their belts they had been undrawn.

Everything fell out of view as Bryce had been hit, crumbling to the floor like someone who collapsed by caused pain, was heavily wounded or dead. Watching her chances slip away as the man called out for his companions who arrived quickly, she realized there was no way she would stay there any longer. Asking questions or trying to negotiate would be too naive.

Ryu stumbled out of the bed, approaching the opposite wall as she made a dash for it. There was a row of windows, next to it a door which assumingly led to a balcony, but most importantly it led outside and away from the foreign men. She reached out and fumbled the door open, not wasting a second to look back.

Indeed, a balcony, unfortunately she wasn't on the lowest level of the building. Possibly the first floor, again her fear of heights was making life harder for the red head. Back in time she was captured in a situation similar to this just once, she didn't jump back then. However, she wasn't stupid either.

Not paying further attention to her surroundings and in a hasty attempt to escape the men, she climbed over the railing and intended to simply drop down if she had enough time to do so. Still, it took some time to even move from the room to the railing, then she would require time to climb over it which she might not have.

The men were on her mind the whole time, their looks were unusual. As if the world was trying to play a trick on Ryu.

"Get her!" the bearded man ordered as they raced after her. The door to the room had been closed though and the men had to put their shoulders to it taking precious seconds to batter down the door and race through the room towards the balcony.

There were only two men that glanced over the railing, the door leading out to the balcony had been left open in Ryu's haste directing their attention to it as they rushed forward. The stocky guy and the tall guy glanced over the railing only to see her below.

The tall man began scrambling over the railing to drop down. Of course the third guy had not been seen at all.

The tall man dropped his sword to the ground as he prepared to drop down, the heavier set individual tossing a leg over the railing as he readied to do the same once his companion had been out of the way.

"Tisk, tisk, it's easier to take the stairs," a voice announced from behind her. The bearded man, though while he gripped a blade in his left hand he had a flint lock pistol in the other aimed at her. "We have to be thorough, understand? The boss would think it sloppy if we didn't address matters ... I mean you could be carrying his child as I speak and thus have to be eliminated as well, sad really, a lovely creature such as yourself. Did you get it?

"Uh? Yeah, got the blade. It was hanging up in the study on the wall," the heavier man answered.

Only a few steps had been taken before Ryu whirled around to face the bearded man. He had managed to get on the ground level quicker than she had expected, now with the pistol in his hand a much higher threat than before. The only thing which confused her more than his appearance was the subject he was talking about.

"Why would you kill me, I don't even know what you are talking about!" The woman didn't dare to move, although she might not feel the pain of a bullet piercing through her flesh didn't mean she was invincible. Her voice filled with distress, she went through the possibilities she would have in this case.

In the meantime she guessed they were simply going to obtain an object from them, likely a blade as another man mentioned that he found it. "Shame on all of you! You killed my husband, you might even kill me .. " Ryu paused and took a step backwards, not caring if they'd actually shoot her or not. " .. but God forbid that you take the life of my unborn child." Then again she didn't look any different, her eyes observed her form for a moment and it appeared to be almost the same. Perhaps it's been only a few weeks since the incident on the boat.

"I'd do anything to stay alive even if that means I have to put my life in danger." Ryu clenched a fist at this. Steadily, her eyes darted to each of the men, trying to figure out what they were really up to. A shudder ran down her spine as she could do nothing but take whatever they'd throw at her.

The large man dropped to the ground behind her gathering up his sword then approaching behind her as the bearded man kept the gun on her. He grinned though why had been anyone's guess as his eyes flowed down her body just as she had scanned it.

Whether or not she had been with child had been anyone's guess though it had not seemed as if they were taking any chances. The taller man dropped to the ground grasping both his sword and one of her husband's. The thing didn't appear to be anything extraordinary and definitely nothing worth dying or killing for.

It seemed to be a basic broad sword, fairly knew though sharpened at the tip as she had been aware of.

The bearded man came forth a few steps as his companions closed in on her from behind. They had all formed a triangle with her at the center. Two closed in with blades, the other with his gun.

"Quite beautiful," the bearded man murmured. "The boss said to kill you, but not that we couldn't have any fun first." He grinned in the light of the quarter moon as the clouds broke from in front of it.

Her heart began to race as she watched the three of them close in on her. With only a nightgown which wasn't closed at all and her panties it took her no time to figure out what he meant with the word 'fun'. Her eyes narrowed on the bearded man though they widened once more as her gaze seeked out possible escape routes.

There was no use, his pistol would bring her down if he posessed a certain skill, no matter how fast she'd be able to run. She clenched both her hands to fists as she brought them up and shifted into a defensive pose, aiming for a solid stand rather than mobility.

"Either way I'm going to get killed .. so try to get me chumps." Ryu did not feel the desire to give her life away, but when the matters were weighed she decided it was the best to at least try to put up a struggle. "You won't get a piece of me that easily."

"I didn't come this far to die now.", she whispered to herself. They could easily overwhelm her due the fact she lacked certain strength in her arms, then again she could feel the adrenaline flow through her body. How this might end up didn't matter, she wouldn't go down without a fight.

The bearded man chuckled, though he had not approached simply keeping the pistol aimed at Ryu as her fists clenched up. The other two slowly closed in on her though, swords brandished lazily at their sides given the fact that they did not desire to use them just yet.

As their net closed down on Ryu she had been capable of seeing a shadow against the opened door leading into the house. Movement maybe? It was hard to distinguish whether or not this had been the case given the darkness of the night and the near absence of light. There had been some starlight and the moon of course as well as lanterns arranged along the "driveway" hanging on posts.

Only four still burned at this hour indicating that it was near 10, the lanterns lit around 9 and the oil in them burned for about an hour. Incase of late night vistors the path to the house would be illuminated.

But she was right, her life was forfeit either way so there was nothing to gain her. So as two of the men came forward a figure appeared in the doorway, shadowy though there was a glint of metal in it's right hand.

The shadow left a lot of imagination on her part, possibly just another man who belonged to the group surrounding her but watched instead of taking part in their actions. There was no time to think and let this distract her from what happened around her, the existing threat in addition to the rape was bad enough.

Perhaps she could pass by the attackers and make a dash for the house, it might work and she got nothing to lose. However, she ran away many times and this was a time to stay.

"So there's only the two of you against me? Guess I'm not down for the count then." Ryu then immediately rushed towards the tall, thin man. She had hoped he might not be as sturdy as the other man she would have to deal with, however it was a thing she had to judge after she made the first strike.

Aiming for his stomach, she did feint with her left fist as it appeared she aimed for his head, but then used the momentum of her run to strike with her right. She wasn't strong, but it seemed like an area to land an effective hit. The same mistake with Shin however could ruin her struggle in the first seconds, she did not aim to have a proper stance as she attacked but rather to put pressure on her enemies. This also meant if he simply stepped to the side that she needed time to recover, time in which the men could catch her easily.

Crack. She landed a hard blow against her target that reeled back a step or two from the blow. His sword loosening then falling to the earth as both his hands came up to protect himself from any follow up attack.

The larger man too dropped his sword though he came up behind her wrapping his arms around her body in a reverse bear hug as he pinned her arms to her side. "Get her, Frank!"

The tall man grinned though his eyes flickered down to her legs as if weary of them as he closed in, prepared to defend against them as his arms lowered down to his waist to defend against them more quickly.

"Three against one, not great odds but what I would come to expect from the likes of you," a familiar voice called from the doorway as the shadowy figure came out into the light. Bryce and he had been armed with a sword. A reddish stain had been on the front of his bathrobe where a sword ran him through, yet he had not seemed to be hindered by it in the least.

The guy with the gun whiled in that direction though the heads of the others glanced that way too. "No, you're dead!"

A crack of thunder as the pistol discharged. The lead bullet hit Bryce square in the chest, dead center. The gun smoked and when the smoke cleared Bryce was still standing unaffected by the shot. He smiled at the men.

"Zeek didn't tell you? How typical."

Attempts to resist the grip on her arms failed as she had to deal with the tall man in front of her, trying to kick him which did nothing but add to her exhaustion as he was able to defend himself. However, while the voice coming from the house made everyone stop and focus on it, Ryu couldn't believe that it was Bryce standing there with a sword.

He seemed to be injured, but nonetheless as healthy and confident as always. She couldn't tell why and although she was relieved that her husband was alive it was scary to see him in this condition. Her head turned immediately as the man with the gun rose his voice and the noise of the pistol could be heard. At this point she could have simply collapsed by the thought of him dieing.

But then Bryce was still standing there as she turned her head in despair, nothing happened to him at all except the mark of the impact. And suddenly everything began to make sense, how he could recover from the dirk so fast and how he was able to withstand the attack earlier that evening. Then again nothing did make any sense, how all of this was possible.

"I don't understand, what's going on?" Ryu was trapped and confused, though there were many questions she aimed for nothing but the goal to get away and hide, troubled by all the events in these few minutes.

The bearded man seemed stunned, his eyes wide as he gazed at Bryce. "No! How could you?"

But that was all that he managed to say as Bryce gutted him with the blade that he was carrying. His mouth opened wide in an O, he spat up some blood then dropped to his knees, his pistol and sword dropping to the ground as Bryce retracted the silvery sword from his chest, of course now it had been smeared with crimson ichor.

He fell forward, quiet lifeless and as Bryce turned his gaze on the other two they seemed stunned as well but recovering enough of their wits to act. Of course it had not been quick enough as Ryu managed to squirm out of the grasp of the taller man.

The two men turned on their heels and ran as Bryce approached them, his eyes fiery with hatred. The pair of men ran off in separate directions leaving Bryce to pick one or the other if he were going to pursue them so that at least one had the chance of getting away.

Bryce chose neither instead heading in the direction that he last seen Ryu head in.

Ryu headed back to the house as the scene of Bryce killing a man was repeated in her mind. It was all to save her, but it was wrong to simply return into his arms. With such little clothing however she quickly returned to the doorway and hurried inside, then seeked out the stairs and ran upstairs as fast as she could without falling. These few rooms were the only thing she knew about the place they were living at and even then she would only recognize their bed room. It was safer than running around in an unknown environment like a city or village nearby.

The whereabouts of her husband remained unknown as Ryu managed to find the bedroom, but went to the balcony instead of staying there and closed the door behind her. He might see her enter their home but she didn't want to be found in the first place. Earlier she had given him the promise of eternal love, but would she stand or fall with her words?

"Oh .. what do I do now .. What do I do .." It was dark and it was the only time she could finally rest and stare up into the sky, watching the stars. Somehow it had a soothing effect, let her forget about the death of the man who was willing to kill her.

With a sigh she collapsed against the wall of their residence behind her, then lowered until she touched the ground and wrapped her hands around her legs as she pressed her thighs against her front as hard as she possibly could. Ryu felt the cold of the floor below her as it rippled through her like a pleasant shiver, then returned to comfort herself with the stars.