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The sun rose over the Acropolis， tinting the Temple oI ~me，a
Polias and the Erechtheum with soft hues of coral and gold.
This was a day like any other--except for the bindings about
Zephromae s wris~ and ankles--except for the black sail
gliding ever closer ~o Athens with its evil golden eye glaring
in 1 at the h~lpless city.
menac g Y. w to sting her topaz
Perspiration ran down Zephromae s bro
eyes. For hours she d struggled in frustrated rage against the
linen strips binding her. She stopped for a moment to catch
her breath. The small shed at the back of her house which
held her prisoner sweltered with heat. Not a breath of air
stirred. Only her youthful strength and nine long years of
sorrow and determination gave her the power to keep up her
ander as his cunning coconsplra~or.
She could hear Alexander s voice through the wall now as
he tried to reassure her parents. ~This plan will work. Wo~d
sink to such depths of deception， tell Zephromae that ~erpl0
I \" ， a~o， her out in the night to be bound
， if I weren t certain of my scheme s success? I do
love your daughter--more than I ve ever loved anyone. But
she still refuses me. And for what reason? She loves me; 1
know she does. Even if she hadn t told me so in words， I d
know from the look in her eyes when we re together. But stiU
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for her constant delays. ]
~io s departure for Crete
imagined fate. She still
\"Mad scheme: he ce
back? Alexander had b
Crete with her， to he
furiously at her bonds
\"I know you mean
Cretans?\"
\"We won t be found c
\"Zephromae is safe. Pla
ding. I m sure she ll ma
is past.\"
Zephromae ceased h
her eyes， imagining her
quivered up her legs ar
thought of herself in
pressing against her ow
each other s love. She d
Alexander s voice sn
of her imaginings. His
face.
\"Seruio is dead! The
years.-
Rene
through
I uromi，.
V~
mrougn me st
ankles. Starin
black cloud wi
axe grow ever
of the Aegean
was just maki
over the city t~
and take her，
word.
Zephro
bolder bro
OtnE
hnn
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