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Author's Chapter Notes:
A corrupt Viking tries to force Jenyfer to marry him.
One day Jenyfer and Krees awoke, and spent some time on kissing,
And discovered that her infant daughter Maura then was missing.
In her place they found a ransom letter, which contained a threat.
So she read it through repeatedly, and struggled not to fret.

“Come to Bomen Castle, Jenyfer, and you will find your daughter.
Come alone. Do not communicate with media reporter
Nor policeman, or she might somehow regrettably be harmed.
I’d much rather take good care of her, and hope that you’ll be charmed.

So she made her way outside the Viking village, telling no-one
Of her destination. In the castle courtyard she met Bomen,
Who had briefly tried to court her once, and failed to see the stars
In her eyes reserved for Krees. He now had Maura caged with bars.

She had seen how Bomen’s moderation drinking was his habit.
If he saw a sparkling bottle, he was always keen to grab it.
She believed that drinking alcohol was never any good;
Just as Proverbs Chapter 20 Verse One says nobody should.

While awaiting her arrival, Bomen moved from moderation
To a state which now resembled borderline intoxication.
Now he said, “If you don’t marry me, your daughter will remain
Still watched over by my guard, who’ll use my dungeon to contain.”

She had gotten close enough to use what she had been reserving
(As per Ambloome’s latest wishes) for a man who was deserving.
She enlarged herself to giant size and made a speedy grab
For her daughter’s drunken kidnapper, and pushed him at a slab.

“Tell me where my daughter is, or you will soon be sadly finding
My next vow ‘as long as you shall live’ to be of useless binding.”
Then they heard the clash of battle swords, while Jenyfer did squeeze.
Bomen’s guard came tumbling through a doorway, pushed along by Krees.

“Maura should be safe,” said Krees, “Just hold them both, and I’ll be fetching
Lengths of rope. While Ambloome squeezed in fury, both of them were retching.
To the giant it was just like tying dolls with bits of string.
Then she left them for authorities, while Krees achieved his thing:

He came out with Maura, safe and sound. “I’m glad you came to parry
Every blow that Bomen’s guard attempted. I would never marry
Such inebriated evil,” said the giantess and shrank,
After pouring out the vat of wine from which the villains drank.

“I was sure you’d never be his wife, but I’m still up for asking
One small question,” Krees said later, when the two of them were basking
In the sunlight on a picnic, “Now some 18 months before
I became your babysitter, I came knocking on your door.

On a day of intermittent rainfall, I was there, collecting
Food for charity. You talked a while. I spent the time inspecting
All your premises, to see if you were married, while I’d feign
Lack of interest in the vital fact I could not ascertain.”
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