Desire Of The Gladiator (Affairs Of The Arena Book 3) - Plot & Excerpts
The second the guards opened the blocks to the cell gates, he rushed out and started his lap around the grounds. He made three in near-darkness, the sun not yet totally over the walls of the ludus, before picking up the Hell Log. The Hell Log was an old log instituted into the ludus by the doctore before Murus. It was thick and round, roughly the same size as Conall’s torso. Awkward to carry and heavy to hold, it was made even heavier by thick bands of iron bolted into it on either end. Over the years, the bark had all been peeled off and sanded down, if only to keep gladiators from scraping their bodies—which had to be in perfect condition before combat. The end result was a frightfully dense load. Murus enjoyed punishing insubordinate or lazy gladiators by making them run with the Hell Log on their shoulders. Conall liked to train in the mornings by running a few extra laps with the Hell Log on his shoulders. It was a good way to build his endurance up and made him feel like he was doing more than the other gladiators.
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