Love of the Gladiator (Affairs of the Arena book 2)
“The date of his death was in five days' time. They let him train during the day, but only by himself—no doctore to speak of. In the afternoons, Conall volunteered to spar with him, for which Lucius was eternally grateful.
Now, in the evening, he stayed in a cell flanked by guards, no longer in the cell he had called home for close to five years, since becoming a champion of the ludus.
This cell was far away from the other fighters, deep in the cell blocks so as to keep any fraternization to a m...inimum. Otho might have pinned the murder on Lucius, but he would have been a fool to think that the slaves in the estate actually believed that.
Otho, however, was not a fool in the least. Murderous, yes. Cruel, yes. Arrogant, yes.
But a fool? The slaves of House Varinius were not so lucky there.
Lucius lay on his cot, trying to shut his eyes and empty his mind. There was much to empty, and so he was having a hard time of it. In such a dark time, it was hard to fight the old familiar impulse to drown his sorrows in wine.MoreLess
Now, in the evening, he stayed in a cell flanked by guards, no longer in the cell he had called home for close to five years, since becoming a champion of the ludus.
This cell was far away from the other fighters, deep in the cell blocks so as to keep any fraternization to a m...inimum. Otho might have pinned the murder on Lucius, but he would have been a fool to think that the slaves in the estate actually believed that.
Otho, however, was not a fool in the least. Murderous, yes. Cruel, yes. Arrogant, yes.
But a fool? The slaves of House Varinius were not so lucky there.
Lucius lay on his cot, trying to shut his eyes and empty his mind. There was much to empty, and so he was having a hard time of it. In such a dark time, it was hard to fight the old familiar impulse to drown his sorrows in wine.MoreLess
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