"Call your sister." The king said.

"No," Ryker said. And the king nodded at a man that was standing behind Ryker. So the man raised his arm back and whipped Ryker. Ryker screamed, but he still refused to do what he was told.

"Call your sister." The king demanded.

"No. She will never be yours." Ryker said defiantly.

"She will be mine. It's just a question of whether you will be alive to see it or not." The king said. And the man whipped Ryker again. "Get him out of my ...