Gabrielle had always known the Romans favored crucifixion as a form of execution: it was slow, it was painful, and it was very, very public. ( She really would have been fine with keeping that knowledge purely academic, rather than experiencing it firsthand. )

Gabrielle hated ships. She really did. She was sure the scenery was nice; it was just that she spent most of her time hanging over the deck railing puking her guts out to notice. Xena and her encyclopedic knowledge of pressure points came to the rescue this time -- it was a long trip from Greece -- and their new friend Celeborn Khrafstar was ( Read more... )