Doubting Her by Jessika Klide

Author:Jessika Klide [Klide, Jessika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessika Klide

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At the end of the tour, Aurei leads me off to the grass spectator area. I sit and he stands telling me more about the architectural details. I listen paying close attention. I love this shit! I study his face as he talks about the ancient lifestyle. I learn more from listening to him, than I learned in my college classes. All the while he talks, I can’t help but think about what he would look like in a Roman helmet. I try to envision it on him and how magnificent he would look. His thunderous piercing gaze coming from it. I grin up at him and he asks. "What?"

"I was just thinking how fucking ferocious you would look in a Roman Soldier’s helmet."

He grins. "You weren’t listening?"

"I heard every glorious word, but the atmosphere here has my imagination visualizing how awesome you would have been in those times. I want to hear more about your training."

He laughs. "I’m not going to get away without explaining, am I?"

"Absofuckinglutely NO! You are not." I laugh with him.

"Antonio and I played Gladiators until we were 8. We would pretend and were careful at first, but then." He looks away. "He struck me too hard and I got pissed." He looks at me with a sheepish smile.

I wait for him to finish, but he doesn’t. "And?" I encourage him.

He rolls his eyes. "And ... I beat the shit out of him."

"Oh."

"Yeah. I’m not proud of it, but he took a cheap shot because he was losing, and I punished him for it. When we went back to the house, he was covered in blood and I was clean. No one asked any questions. They took him in, cleaned him up, put ice on his bruises and told us to report to the arena for training the next day." He looks away again, thinking. He leans forward, resting his forearms on his knees.

I lay my hand inside his bicep. "I love this muscle. It’s so plump and round."

"Like your tits." He looks back at me and grins.

I bump him playfully. "Yeah. Something like that." He looks back out over the arena area. I lay my face on his shoulder and I caress his bicep. "The next day.... What happened?"

"We were told to bring our horses to the arena. When we got there, Augustus was waiting on us. He gave us a speech about our ancestry and the Roman Legions that conquered their world. I don’t remember everything he said, but he quoted Julius Caesar 'Divide et impera' which is latin for?" He asks me, not looking back.

"Divide and Conquer." I answer.

"He told us the Roman soldiers were dedicated and disciplined. They fought not for honor, but to win which gives you honor. He made a powerful compelling speech, then he told us if we agreed to the training, he would teach us horsemanship, long sword fighting, short sword and hand to hand combat. Neither of us hesitated. We both agreed, then he forbid us from fighting each other outside the arena.

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