Free of her bonds, Katelina pulled away from Troy and spit at him. He growled and wiped his face. "f*****g b***h," he murmured. He stepped out of the cage and slammed the door with a resounding clang. She heard a padlock slide into it and tried to roll over, but her body refused to move. Her limbs had been immobilized too long and she could barely wipe the blood from her nose.
Tears of fear slid from her eyes and she bunched herself into a ball in the corner of the cage. She forced her arms and knees to bend enough to cover herself and gazed out between the rusty bars.
Claudius demanded someone bring him some refreshment. They obeyed quickly and brought back a limp drugged boy who might have been twelve or thirteen. Claudius wrinkled his nose as he took the child on his lap, but after
