Two days later, young Dallassenos was placed in a closed carriage, and guarded by Slavic mercenaries, to be taken to the Convent of Saint Mary, on the outskirts of Antiochia.
She didn't want to go, but she had no choice.
The Empress wished to create a bond of loyalty with the Dallassenos, and this bond was essential for them to achieve imperial forgiveness. If she wanted Alexa to stay hidden in a convent for a while, then that was all the girl could do.
But Alexa could at least assume to herself, that she was terrified.
Everything Alexa had heard of convents was frightening. Women who spent the day either praying and martyring themselves, or suffering from being thrown into the convent by greedy relatives, who just wanted to get rid of an heiress. After all, women were supposed to bring a dowry to their husbands when they get married.
