<b>Slave Market</b><br/><br/>Dark intelligent eyes looked up at the two men with a mixture of hope and fear. They didn't seem interested in her eyes, at least as first as she was roughly hoisted up by her bound hands, her body stretched for inspection, leaving her feeling vulnerable once again.  She held the man's gaze as he looked at her face, her pride showing a hint of defiance that she couldn't suppress even though it frightened her a little to make these men angry when she was so helpless.  Slavery was not unheard of among her people, though her father's tribe did not trade in them.  She tried to keep up with the conversation but was unfamiliar with some of the words or meaning of 'package', thinking it was some kind of box or maybe a gift.  She was puzzled at the meaning of the word but then there was more.  "In...fer...tile?"  She asked about the unfamiliar word having never heard it spoken before.  She noticed the smile and hint of laughter, she returned the smile hoping it was for her, straight white teeth shone brightly framed by her dark lips.<br/><br/>Her smile quickly faded as her breasts were exposed and fondled.  She tolerated it, standing straight and proud, her gaze set dead ahead as if she were looking through the two buyers.  She swallowed hard at the indignity but she understood to a certain extent that women's bodies held a certain value in most cultures apparently including this one.  She dreaded the thought but she at least understood it.  She did not understand the pain so unnecessarily inflicted upon her.  She winced slightly, her eyes flashing at the man hurting her and with out warning he earned a knee to his groin.<br/><br/>It was not as solid a blow as she might have liked and almost immediately she feared she had made a dreadful mistake.  She was bent over roughly, her bare ass exposed and she winced again at the hard slap but feared much worse was about to happen to her.  She had no idea that the guards would limit the amount of 'damage' that could be done to her, at least while she was still for sale.  She braced herself for what was to come then pleaded a Greek word she had heard many times already "mercy", though she hadn't seen it have much affect on these Romans so far.