The Golden Gate of the Latins

Coniartes was a rich man in his late forties by this point. He had a large home in the city where his extended family gathered as the Latins ran amok. The whole household moved to another Venetian residence to avoid detection. In the night all of their slaves abandoned them and they tiptoed out onto the streets. They adopted a sort of formation with the most vulnerable amongst them in the center of the group. As they made their way towards the Golden Gate, a soldier spotted one of the girls and dragged her away. She was the daughter of a judge who was knocked to the ground as he tried to intervene. Nikitas abandoned the group and chased