Terra Incognita: a Novel of the Roman Empire
“If Trenus were in the fort, Metellus would know. If he were not, he would be in a bar, a brothel, or the bathhouse. Ruso hoped he wasn’t going to have to search them all. He was supposed to be working at the infirmary. He needed to get some sense out of Aemilia. He needed some proper evidence against Gambax. He needed to check on Albanus. He was supposed to be doing any number of important and urgent things, none of which included hunting for a visiting tribesman in defense of a woman who had b...etrayed him, but suddenly that seemed more important than any of them.
Trenus was not at Susanna’s, and no one would have been interested if he had been. The little waitress was blotchy faced, and Susanna’s head covering kept sliding off and having to be yanked forward again.
“Two of them!” she muttered across the counter, furiously and ineffectively rubbing at an old stain with a cloth. “Two customers attacked in one week!”
Ruso agreed that it was very bad luck.
“Why me?” she demanded, her hand pausing in midrub.MoreLess
Trenus was not at Susanna’s, and no one would have been interested if he had been. The little waitress was blotchy faced, and Susanna’s head covering kept sliding off and having to be yanked forward again.
“Two of them!” she muttered across the counter, furiously and ineffectively rubbing at an old stain with a cloth. “Two customers attacked in one week!”
Ruso agreed that it was very bad luck.
“Why me?” she demanded, her hand pausing in midrub.MoreLess
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