Daughters of Rome
““Good morning, Caesar.”
“Don’t call me that!”
“Why not?” Cornelia kissed him. “You’re going to be Emperor someday.”
He laughed again, pulling her against him, and Cornelia felt a happy shiver down her spine. Winter sunlight splashed through the windows of the bedchamber—they had gone to bed only hours before, when the last of their entourage—we have an entourage, now!—stumbled from the house.
“Just because I’ve been appointed heir doesn’t mean I’ll be Emperor, you know,” Piso was pointing out. ...“As that sharp sister of yours said to me, think of all those other heirs who never got to take the purple. All those grandsons and nephews of Augustus. . . . One shouldn’t take these things for granted. It would be tempting the gods.”
“Oh, I know.” Cornelia smoothed a hand over his chest. “And I’ll be entirely cautious and respectful in public. But in here, where it’s just us—well, can’t we gloat just a little?”
“Maybe a little.” Piso laughed, and tilted his head down to give her a long, lingering kiss.MoreLess
“Don’t call me that!”
“Why not?” Cornelia kissed him. “You’re going to be Emperor someday.”
He laughed again, pulling her against him, and Cornelia felt a happy shiver down her spine. Winter sunlight splashed through the windows of the bedchamber—they had gone to bed only hours before, when the last of their entourage—we have an entourage, now!—stumbled from the house.
“Just because I’ve been appointed heir doesn’t mean I’ll be Emperor, you know,” Piso was pointing out. ...“As that sharp sister of yours said to me, think of all those other heirs who never got to take the purple. All those grandsons and nephews of Augustus. . . . One shouldn’t take these things for granted. It would be tempting the gods.”
“Oh, I know.” Cornelia smoothed a hand over his chest. “And I’ll be entirely cautious and respectful in public. But in here, where it’s just us—well, can’t we gloat just a little?”
“Maybe a little.” Piso laughed, and tilted his head down to give her a long, lingering kiss.MoreLess
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