Gladiator Heart
“She felt like a drowned rat as she stood in front of Lucia’s door and banged on it with her fist. People passing by on the street gave puzzled glances to the sobbing woman holding the front of her torn stola closed while water dripped from her soaked hair and clothes. Valeria didn’t care. It would be impossible for anyone to recognize her in this tattered state.
The servant girl swung the door open, and when she realized who she was looking at, she called for Lucia and beckoned Valeria inside.
...“You were supposed to be here hours ago—” Lucia stopped short when she caught sight of Valeria.
Her poor girl looked like she’d been trampled and drowned in the river, then spit back out onto dry land. She was soaked from head to toe. Errant leaves were stuck in her long, tangled hair and her clothes were torn and dirty. She held her arms tightly around herself and shivered and shook as her teeth chattered.
“Fetch a blanket,” she ordered the servant.
“Have the games started yet?”MoreLess
The servant girl swung the door open, and when she realized who she was looking at, she called for Lucia and beckoned Valeria inside.
...“You were supposed to be here hours ago—” Lucia stopped short when she caught sight of Valeria.
Her poor girl looked like she’d been trampled and drowned in the river, then spit back out onto dry land. She was soaked from head to toe. Errant leaves were stuck in her long, tangled hair and her clothes were torn and dirty. She held her arms tightly around herself and shivered and shook as her teeth chattered.
“Fetch a blanket,” she ordered the servant.
“Have the games started yet?”MoreLess
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