The Last Legion
“Livia, inside the mansio, seemed asleep, reclining near a breach in the wall. The noise startled her into consciousness; she got to her feet and slipped silently through the crevice. Aurelius, who had finished his stint on guard duty, was sleeping wrapped in his blanket on the opposite side of the room. Demetrius was outside now, sitting on the ground against his shield, and Livia reasoned that he’d be watching the coastline in the hopes of sighting the ship. She circled the southern corner of ...the building and reached the pen at the back where the horses were tied. She kept her hand over her horse’s muzzle as she sneaked off with him, so he wouldn’t give her away. Juba didn’t even seem to notice her, or perhaps her odour was so familiar that he wasn’t distracted from his rest.
Livia proceeded west down the slope on foot. When she reached the river valley where she could no longer be spotted from above, she mounted her horse and turned right, through the willow woods, towards the bridge and the sea.MoreLess
Livia proceeded west down the slope on foot. When she reached the river valley where she could no longer be spotted from above, she mounted her horse and turned right, through the willow woods, towards the bridge and the sea.MoreLess
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