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of her as she fell to the floor.  
    "I have no time for disrespect. I demanded a submissive and if Drew was wrong in his appraisal of you, then I'll be sending you back to the cell where you'll live chained like an animal until you learn how to behave."
    She knelt on floor afraid of getting up. She blinked as her eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room. There were no windows in the room. The walls were dark, almost black, and as she looked around she realized she was in a dungeon. She quickly stood up and backed away from him as he began to laugh.  
    "Ahh I see you're not as comfortable here as you were in your other rooms. Maybe now you'll understand better what it means to be a slave."
    He walked over to a wall that had several whips, floggers and rope on it and looked over some of them as he ran his fingers along them. She backed into something, turned around and saw it looked like a simple wooden bench with a padded cushion and arm rests. She sat on the bench as he turned to her.  
    "Yes, an excellent choice. Perhaps a spanking will let you see clearer," he said as he walked over to her. "You are sitting on Pandora's Chest. Would you like to know what's inside?"
    She looked at the bench she was sitting on. It looked like an ordinary piece of furniture which made its placement in the dungeon odd. She immediately shook her head and Stavros laughed.
    "Another time then. I can see you still don't trust me. Trust is vital. You cannot begin training until I have gained your trust."
    He held his hand out to her. She didn't know what to do. She didn't want to take his hand yet she wanted to touch him, to be close to him again. She barely knew the man but she hated and loved him at the same time. She was sure something was wrong with her to think that way.  
    She finally put her hand in his, stood up and looked at him, not removing her hand from his grasp, instead enjoying the warmth.
     
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    Stavros Theoharis was used to getting whatever he wanted.   What he wasn't used to was wanting something as badly as he wanted Veronica. Without a word he left her in her room and closed the secret dungeon door. There was so much he wanted to share with her, she just wasn't ready. She needed to trust him, and he needed to trust her.  
    Trust. It was such a simple word yet everything was wrapped up in it. Stavros thought about who he could trust in his life, there hadn't been many. Those who had proven their trust to him were on San Sebastian, his island. Drew, his oldest and closest friend, and Stefania, his former governess.  
    As it was, Drew had betrayed his trust with his handling of Veronica. Stavros didn't want to make a scene in front of Veronica but he didn't know about Drew's treatment of her. He was glad he decided to check the closed circuit monitoring installed in Drew's wing when he did.  
    San Sebastian had always been his place to escape. He spent millions of dollars transforming an old Spanish fort into a place of luxury and pleasure. When he first kept the old prison cells which were the home's foundation, he never thought he would one day use them. That was Drew's idea and Stavros let him run with it although he didn't realize the extent of Drew's plans. He knew he had enough money to take care of any legal issues that could arise from relocating women to his island; he never called it kidnapping.  
    As he walked down the long hall, his sandals made a soft clapping sound against the tile floor. He stepped out onto the stone terrace where Drew was waiting for him.  
    "She's perfect isn't she?" Drew asked as he made drinks for the two of them at the outdoor bar.  
    "She is. But I knew that. I spent the time chatting and emailing her, remember? You didn't think she was good enough."
    "No, I said we could get a more beautiful woman."
    "Veronica is beautiful. And intelligent. Intelligence is undervalued."
    "Yes Stavros, perhaps she's too intelligent. Did you ever consider she might be playing you? Using you to