The look of surprise didn't subside from her face as the door shut behind her. Vasily had been doing some redecorating it seemed. Linen drapes fell ac...ross the windows, filtering the morning sunshine to a soothing glow. Candles upon chargers were lit on the floors and on the counters providing additional soft light and warmth. The fragrant smell had come from a couple of wicks of incense burning on a tray. A pleasing, inoffensive, water-ripple type music played gently on the stereo. Carie's. “I will take all that you have ready,” he exclaimed, adding, “You’re going to need more men than this. Once the other builders find out, they will wear a wide path to you. You will probably sell five to ten crates a day at first, more when they learn about you in Puteoli, where they are building and expanding the docks. When Rome finds out, you may have to fill a ship or two every week.”“I am Remus,” the overseer introduced himself once I finished with Janus.“I am Quintus,” I introduced myself. She woke up in a hospital bed with tubes up her ass, warm water blasting her colon clean. "What is going on?" she cried, but no one answered. The high colonic continued and she passed out again.The next time she woke she was in a different bed. Warm comforter, soft pillows. A voice boomed from hidden speakers."Welcome, initiate. Your training commences now. Prove yourself worthy and prosper!"The door opened and three large men, naked and muscled, stalked in. They wore masks and their bodies. I lashed out when I found out Gail cheating on me two weeks before our wedding. Kicked her out, exposed her to the world, sold my house and transferred to another city. Heard later that she also disappeared. We both lost our futures that day. Took me quite a bit of time to get my act together again. I finally went into therapy with a Social Worker therapist. It was the best decision I ever made. I stopped running from me. Even getting married and divorced, I’m pretty solid emotionally. At 25,.