”A marshal commander stepped out the door to his office, “That is my decision marshal.”I glanced at him, “Not this time. Every marshal here or...assigned here is now under my command. If you like I will have the emperor tell you personally.”I looked around, “Before I leave one of you will be going to the death chamber.”They looked at each other as I set my bag on a desk and walked to the commander, “I will start with you.”He backed up and I followed him into his office. Dragon leaped and glided. Bannerman. She didn’t dislike anyone, she simply set out the work and expected you to do it on time and without excuses. But that rule was tilted against your Mom at that moment. Without that pass mark, she would have ended up in summer school and to someone like your Mom that was failure on a monumental scale. The loss of face amongst her friends would have been even worse, not to mention the summer job she had lined up that would have given her a foot up in her career later.’ Jacqui clenched. That was pretty simple, she thought. What could these two other girls think of worse than that?The three girls had played this game many times, making little bets aboutanything. Then the loser would get a dare to do, but usually the dare came right after the loser of the bet was decided. But this time was different, and she was made to wait until Friday morning, right before midterms started the following week. Tracy didn't have to worry about the midterms, because she was an above average. Ordinarily, he would have some of the lesser slave gladiators perform for his amusement whenever the mood for a little bloodletting and violence suited him. But for these special visitors, he wanted to show off his best warriors.Celadus had earned a good deal of respect and admiration and was something of a hero of the Coliseum because of the many battles he had won. He was in an elite category of gladiators who had earned the privilege of having a home of their own away from the Coliseum.It.