Part 16: ~Courting ~

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After I'd trained with the two thieves, even though I'd known most of the basics of stealing and what not, there were things I'd still hadn't come across, not like these professionals; Piero and Matteo, all three of us headed back toward the guild to meet with the fox once more.

"What does your leader go by, besides the fox?" I questioned curiously to the two men who walked on either side of me.

"La volpe." Matteo noted, no further details included within his statement; when we arrived inside the guild, the entire room boomed with energy, loud shouts from across the room, the tapping of knifes hitting the surface of tables as the men toyed around playing games and poker. Piero and Matteo escorted me back to where I'd seen la volpe disappear to before I'd left for training, as soon as I stepped foot into the room, the two men were gone in an instant; la volpe was seated across the room at a table, he peered up from his dagger he'd been sharpening to look to me, he motioned for me to seat myself across from him, I did so, we sat in an unbearable silence for an unbearable amount of time, the silence became painful to sit through. After sitting quietly for awhile, la volpe finally spoke up,

"I would recommend you see madam Theodora, her brothel is located down by the docks west from the palazzo, then you will meet with a man named Bartolomeo, ask sister Theodora where you'll find him, she'll tell you; you're not ready to meet him just yet, take your time, please keep the seal you retrieved in safe keeping, you'll need it for meeting your final conquest." La volpe explained everything in which I needed to do, I had no reason to object due to my desperate need of this training, so I nodded to him in agreement. I left the guild and headed toward the brothel la volpe and the two other thieves told me about, the seal safely protected within my satchel; if it's down by the docks, just west of the palazzo, it's not far from here. As I made my way through crowds of people, their clothing made of pure silk and their necklaces decorated with pearls, and then there was myself, fabric of wool, a damaged white, dirtied with the filth I'd obtained from constantly running from place to place to get away from Luca and Marco.

Once I'd reached the small Venetian brothel, I pressed my knuckles to the door knocking a few times, I was warmly greeted by a courtesan, barely clothes in a bright revealing dress, ruffles decorated the ends and the sleeves of the dress, the corset looked as if it was crushing her insides, her legs and thighs revealed teasingly from the front, the dress covered the backside of her legs, the sleeves hung off her bare shoulders, her chest almost completely revealed, her hair was done up in two buns on either side of her head, a few strands of her brown locks had fallen onto her neck and to the side of her face; she smiled to me as I examined her thoroughly,

"Like what you see, amore?" She flirted with me her hips swaying as she walked around me, her flirtatiousness swallowing me whole.

"Y-e.. I mean, I'm here to see madam Theodora?" I stuttered but quickly regained my composure.

"Oh" she sounded truly disappointed, "of course, this way then." Her cheerful smile returned to her face rather fast, makinge disappointed instead, without thought. She lead me inside the small brothel, beautiful women gathered atop the couches surrounded by several men whom paid for pleasure; a few of them captivated by my sudden entrance, sounds of sexual comments fluttered about the room, soft flirtatious giggles as well. We stopped at a door and the courtesan tapped upon it,

"Sister, you have a guest, she claims she's here to see you." The door swung open, a nun then stood in the doorway signaling for the courtesan to attend to other matters, she nodded to me and retreated back to her desk in which she sat; I entered the room closing the door behind me, she wore a grey dress with white laced just above her slightly revealed breasts, her dress wasn't as revealing as her workers, she wore a white cap that covered her head, indicating she was a nun, a holy woman. She sought answers, you could see it written on her face, she was in no mood for jests,

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