He'd been lucky so far, Smith had to admit. He'd been in the pen two years already for the

rape and torture of little Mandy Argent, his former student at St Swithen's Academy, and until

now he had come through unscathed. Smith was an athletic, well-muscled man, and the story of

what he'd done to his young captive had made even the more hardened cons a little nervous of

getting on his bad side. Still, he knew it had to happen sooner or later.