Spencer felt horrible leaving Ashley alone in the forest but if she did not get to the General before someone else just happened to mention she was back and had not approached him first, but instead traipsed off into the woods with his only daughter, she knew that her fate would lie in his hands. Shivering at the thought of more time in the hot box, a memory she did not want repeated.

It wasn’t long before she stood in front of General Davies, his steel gray eyes boring down on her smaller body, “Sir.” she called out saluting.

General Davies bit the inside of his cheek to keep from taking out his anger on the young boy in front of him, thoughts of what he could have done to his daughter flashing through his mind, “Report?”

“I have…a parchment.” This made the General grin.

Clapping his hands together, “Well done my boy. Let me see it in haste so I might change it to our advantage.”

Reaching into her satchel producing the paper given to her but hesitated handing it over right way, “Sir, it’s not…”

“It’s not what…speak up.”

“It’s addressed to you. I was sent here.”

Frowning he held out his hand in which she quickly gave him the paper. He read it over three times while she stood there ready to fall asleep. It had been a long journey, “He wants a meeting. Well by George he’ll have his God damn meeting.”

“Sir?” gray eyes settled back on the poor soldier fidgeting, “I also stole this from the previous messenger.”

Davies took the parchment and did the exact same thing as he did with the first before a large smile graced his face giving it more of a creepy look than the hard one he always sported. His teeth sharp and jagged. Spencer cringed inwardly wondering how Ashley could have come from such a man. Her blue eyes flitted quickly to the window to see the very girl in her mind in the window waving and smiled before licking her lips…

God those lips…her mouth…kissing…, “…so dinner it is.”

, “…so dinner it is.”
Shaking her head to dislodge the very devil thoughts of Ashley’s tongue, she focused on the man before her, “What?”