As the next few days went by, I noticed there were an increasing number of staff in the Villa.
I didn’t recognize any of them, and the way they shied away from me made it clear they had been told something about me - Caius had no doubt been petty enough to warn them I might fly into a wild rage or something before they arrived.
The cooks and kitchen staff were the first to return, and I was invited to join Caius in the dining hall for every meal whenever he was home.
I would always reject the offer, and instead be provided with something lavish and overly rich to eat in my room, or the courtyard, or the garden… anywhere that he wasn’t.
After the cooks were the housekeeping staff. They were the ones who kept the place running, really.
The people who made sure that huge pool of warm wa
