her hands were drawn behind her and bound to the slats of the kitchen chair . he made me get dressed up and surprised me by taking me to a five-star steak restaurant . `` everything 's going to be fine , '' he said with such confidence she could n't help believing him . she had one hand buried deep in his mane while the other was lying palm-up on the table . i had only hoped that we could find the boy and train him before this happened , that we could spare you this , but the twins had other plans . 