Taurus
“His eyes idly swept the grand reception room and the parade of young women presented for appraisal. The heat stifled the room tonight; perhaps no one noticed but him. His gaze rested on Lidia Paulinus, his revered grandmother, whose fingers tapped a steady rhythm, watching him hawklike for a sign of interest in the women.
His unreadable expression and aloof manner gained few admirers while his sharp, analytical gaze following one girl after the other, searched for one outstanding characteristic.... Advisors fidgeted. To choose one seemed a simple enough task.
He wanted no wife, and no amount of young women draped in embroidered fabric convinced him otherwise. A few girls glanced his way, aglow at the prospect of the Governor of Panua choosing one of them. Rising from his ornate chair, situated at the head of the room, Taurus aimed for the huge cedar doors leading to the terrace, dropping ceremonial finery in his wake. “Barca!” Impatience darkened his mood.
A man in soldier’s garb appeared by his side.MoreLess
His unreadable expression and aloof manner gained few admirers while his sharp, analytical gaze following one girl after the other, searched for one outstanding characteristic.... Advisors fidgeted. To choose one seemed a simple enough task.
He wanted no wife, and no amount of young women draped in embroidered fabric convinced him otherwise. A few girls glanced his way, aglow at the prospect of the Governor of Panua choosing one of them. Rising from his ornate chair, situated at the head of the room, Taurus aimed for the huge cedar doors leading to the terrace, dropping ceremonial finery in his wake. “Barca!” Impatience darkened his mood.
A man in soldier’s garb appeared by his side.MoreLess
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