Chaptex 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 14 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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