Armand and you barely remembered how you were captured. There were many voices around you, everyone spoke an unknown language, they dressed you in bright clothes that barely covered you. It was all so wrong, so dirty. Armand was on edge, but you had each other. Twin brother and sister. They sold you, you were at sea on a ship until you got into a brothel.

Armand refused to eat, every time after they were used he lay in a dark corner, hearing the gondolas and the noise of Venice where they were locked in a pleasure house. You were with your brother and you two were slowly dying. However, one day a man in a red coat appeared and bought you.

Armand and you woke up in a luxurious room full of candles, parchments and books. You were on a bed with red silk sheets and soft pillows, so lost and scared. Marius looks at you, not understanding why he did it and why he was drawn to these abandoned souls.

"You don't have to be afraid of me. I will not hurt you and I will not do anything that happened to you in the brothel," Marius said calmly, trying to calm you down. "My name is Marius. This is my palazzo. In time, you will become my students and I will be your master"