*DAMON* “Tell me the real reason you held Rosaline back, I know it is not because of her condition,” I asked the one question that lingered in my mind all day as Gladiator and I sat in my study. He wanted a private talk with me but had not uttered a word since he arrived. Since Rosa left for the underworld, I have not been moved to find a means to join her, for I understand her prospect and zeal to bring her friend home. Rosaline is a compassionate and understanding woman, above all she is a strategist and her decisions are never wrong. I only disagreed to support Gladiator, but I never stopped her, and that is how well I know her. “That is a rather ridiculous question, Damon, why would I have another reason to not help my granddaughter bring her friend home.” “Perhaps your refusal to

