Chapter Three: Departure JJ woke up around 6:30 when she heard another loud "thump" against the door to the room. She called out, “Who’s there?” but there was no response. Instead, a sheet of paper slid under the door. There was enough clearance that whoever pushed the paper beneath the door was able to propel it halfway across the room where it landed, face up, near the end of the bed. At the top of the page, in very lar...

Chapter One: Be Careful What You Wish For Julie Jo “JJ” Johansson looked up from her personal tablet and glanced at the company computer screen in front of her. It still said, “Standby for Transcription.” “Do you think there is any worse job than this?” she asked Marcie Dumont, the only other person in the room despite the fact that there were several dozen transcription stations. “This isn’t that bad,” Marcie answered. “...

Chapter Six - Seven Slaves for Seven Sybians The lights dimmed while the slaves were released and helped out of the arena. Several staff persons dressed in black hurried in and quickly removed the punishment barrels. When the lights came back up, GrandMaster Karl and the two poster holders were in the center of the arena. I don’t know if it was an intentional way of adding a little change or just an accident, but the fema...