“I had woken alone in my chamber. Not eager to be by myself, I had dressed and stumbled into the training yard, assuming that the day’s drills had begun. Some of the men had been in the enclosed sands, but they moved about without purpose, and I saw that the doctore was not there to direct the drills. But as soon as he entered the clearing, walking down the steep stairs that led from the balcony above, I felt nerves flutter across my flesh. Before I could wonder what was going on, or could ponde...r the identity of my nighttime visitor and what those footsteps had signified, I was taken upstairs by the doctore yet again. Now I stood in the office of the dominus, with the man himself . . . and with Christus. “What has happened?” Though I spoke to my master, it was Christus at whom I looked. He returned my stare, but his expression was uneasy. My heart began to thud faster than was comfortable. “Lilia.” My name was spoken as a reprimand, for I had spoken impertinently, questioning the dominus.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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