Just opposite to my flat was another 2bed room portion where a family rented. A couple with 2 children stayed there. Aunty (Kiran) may be around 35 ye...rs old. And their boy (Rajesh) who is was in 12th class and a girl (Jyothirmayee) in 11th class. Uncle (Venkat) had a grocery shop, which was very popular in that area. And my apt was flanked by two 3-bed room apartments on either side and a single bedroom apt was adjacent to Kiran aunt’s apt. In one of the 3-bed room apt there used stay an old. She inserts the key into the lock and twists it.“Beg” she commands me, holding onto the cage door. My response is to get on my knees and bow to her. “Good.” she tells me, and pulls the cage door open. However, a collar is produced and fastened around my neck in one motion. My heart sinks. She takes the key from the cage door, and my choice is made.I charge. My tackle knocks her to the ground and the key slips from her grasp. I dive and grab it successfully. My fumble with the lock almost costs. What did you feel when you first met Nil, back in Salas?" Truthfully, nothing," Rabszolga shrugged. "I was commanded to entice him into my master's trap." She looked over at Lavender quickly but the giantess merely looked back at her impassively. "He meant nothing to me." And when you came aboard our ship?" Makro prodded."Fearful," Rabszolga admitted. "I expected to be put to death or at best thrown back ashore. When he agreed to take me ― to bond me, as you say ― I was grateful, but still. The bare stone was bitterly cold under her feet, and she quickly donned her shoes. Around her in the dormitory her fellow postulants were doing the same, some of them already disappearing through the door, and she hurried to join them.Once the bell had rung, they had only a short time to dress and hurry down the night stair to the chapel for the first of the day’s devotions. Although in the winter months it was often bitterly cold, the long dark nights meant that they would be free to sleep for.