Desire of the Gladiator (Affairs of the Arena book 3)
“From her spot standing next to Publius in the editor's box, she could see everything.
Publius sat in a row of other lanistas in ornate wooden chairs inlaid with gold and silver. They were, all three, behind another row of honored senators who themselves were behind the editor’s seat at the front of the box. The area was arranged on a decline toward the arena, so that everyone had a good view.
The worst thing about being in the box seats during the gladiator fight, Leda was discovering, was that... there was hardly anything sharp available to throw down at the men trying to kill Conall.
It must have been the worst thing in the world, she decided, being a gladiator’s lover. Much worse than the lover of a soldier, certainly. At the wives and mistresses of soldiers did not have to watch as their men marched into the lines of bloodthirsty enemies, wielding weapons made to rend their loves limb from limb.
And was that what Conall was to her? Was he her love?
She pushed the thought aside. There was too much conflict for the moment to focus on repudiating something so insane as her being in love with a gladiator.MoreLess
Publius sat in a row of other lanistas in ornate wooden chairs inlaid with gold and silver. They were, all three, behind another row of honored senators who themselves were behind the editor’s seat at the front of the box. The area was arranged on a decline toward the arena, so that everyone had a good view.
The worst thing about being in the box seats during the gladiator fight, Leda was discovering, was that... there was hardly anything sharp available to throw down at the men trying to kill Conall.
It must have been the worst thing in the world, she decided, being a gladiator’s lover. Much worse than the lover of a soldier, certainly. At the wives and mistresses of soldiers did not have to watch as their men marched into the lines of bloodthirsty enemies, wielding weapons made to rend their loves limb from limb.
And was that what Conall was to her? Was he her love?
She pushed the thought aside. There was too much conflict for the moment to focus on repudiating something so insane as her being in love with a gladiator.MoreLess
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