Elements 03 - Monsters Of The Earth - Plot & Excerpts
bellowed the leading member of their escort. The staff based in Carce would probably have announced Alphena’s name first, let alone passing her over as an adjunct to her brother. Varus winced, but Alphena didn’t react with the violence he expected. She seemed … well, in another person he would have described her mood as one of nervousness. Alphena noticed him looking at her and said, “I’ve never been to Corylus’ house here in Puteoli. To his father’s house, I mean.” Varus shrugged. “Neither have I,” he said. He consciously smoothed the frown from his forehead, but he couldn’t imagine what his sister was concerned about. Instead of a small window, the upper third of the street door was already hinged back. The doorman was grizzled and missing half his right hand. Not a very prepossessing fellow to have greeting your guests, Varus thought. Then he noticed the many other scars wherever the doorman’s skin was exposed and realized the truth: The doorman wasn’t an impressive slave in the normal fashion.
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