She didn’t know the rules, but whenever one of the guys pointed out that she was out of step, she had to remove a piece of clothing. She wore only a...skirt, blouse, hold-up stockings, and high-heel sandals. Because she wasn’t wearing underwear, after two missteps she was naked except for her stockings and heels. The men decided the game was over and made her walk with them, as she was, to her apartment. She remembered how, in her dream, she felt excited as she walked with two fully dressed,. Her nail polish changed from blood red to black depending on her emotion: fierce anger or morbid depression.Worse, she had to face a whole buttload of strangers for her junior year in high school. Her clique of misfits--friendships well entrenched from years of school together in Englewood, New Jersey--had been torn from her. She had no illusions that any of the local yokels in this nowhere town barely on the edge of civilization would welcome her as a friend. And she couldn't imagine opening. When he heard about Pysus' reputation he used all his influence with the local governor to secure his purchase.Pysus found himself heading to the outskirts of Rome to a well respected gladiator school. Fighting and training as a gladiator Pysus truly enjoyed himself more than ever before in his entire life, training there he became more alive than he had ever felt. It was not the idea of participating in a blood sport that caused this reaction, but the challenge. Pysus for the first time was. “We have a sampling of the best cigars. My favorite are the Cuban montecristos, but some prefer Arturo Fuentes. Gentlemen, what your choice?”The men selected their cigars and settled into the comfortable chairs facing the fireplace. The couch remained empty. Harry pressed the button to summon Mary.She entered the library through the small door carrying two snifters of cognac. Steve’ jaw gaped open. She was wearing four inch red pumps, black thigh high nylons secured with red garters and nothing.