Sarah had never left the walled city. She had just turned 18 years of age. But now was no time to leave the city. Invaders had arrived once again. They were outside the fort, a thousand or so. They had failed to breach the city several times before. But this time they were angry and more in number.
The city had a well and food stocks as well as sheep, goats and chickens. Sarah of course was a virgin as most of the girls were. She was a very, very attractive girl.
What worried Sarah was that a man arrived at the city, half dead. His city was overtaken by these same marauders. He had been left for dead. But he had lived and eventually had walked over to her town. At night he would tell tales of the taking of his town.
These frightened Sarah greatly. He explained how his town was very secure and how the invasion came as a complete surprise. The dirty, smelly, crude invaders had breached the walls and entered the city. Then they began capturing the women. The pretty ones first.
Sarah would shiver as the details were revealed. The taken women were not treated well. They were made to perform oral sex on the invaders and made to swallow their semen. This really made Sarah frightened.
James and Charles had been working on the front gate to bolster it up. But lately they had taken to drink and many of the towns people had confronted them about it. But they said that by fall, the strengthened gates would be completed and surely nothing would happen before fall as most raids were in the winter when the invaders became very hungry.
As the weeks went on James and Charles became even more drunk and idle. Gossip of the danger circulated around the frightened women. Being taken was one of the biggest fears of medieval women. Many did not survive but those that did were not to be envied.
Sarah was washing clothing one morning when a loud cheer went up from the invaders outside the wall. James and Charles were passed out. The invaders charged at the gate and it held. But Sarah saw it shake. One of the iron hinges began to break loose from the main front gate post.
The invaders fell back. But that night, they came again. This time angrier and more in number. They requested a meeting. The city mayor came to the top of the wall. The invaders demanded the women of the town, or they would burn it down.