Gladiator Games by Jana Downs

Author:Jana Downs [Downs, Jana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 2012-05-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Antinious was seething from his position in the bottom of the supply wagon. What the hell was Angelus doing at the slave blocks? He heard the soldiers talking from outside his hiding place about the beauty of the slave his slave had just picked up. Had he forgotten Antinious already? Had he been deceiving him when he’d given himself over to the gladiator’s control? Somehow Antinious didn’t think so. Angelus had seemed too genuine…too caught up in their passion…too real. He bit his lip savagely. It wouldn’t have been the first time Angelus had deceived him, though. He recalled the rage he’d felt when he’d found out that his lover was a noble soon to be freed by his wealthy father. Yes, his slave was capable of deception.

Crassus had a better view of their surroundings from his own hiding place toward the back of the supply cart. He’d managed to pull out a small section of fabric that covered the supplies to see the countryside. Once they were far enough outside the city, he was supposed to knock twice on the box where Antinious’s foot rested. Before they reached the main road, they had to pass through a smaller, less-traveled country pass, and it was there that they planned to overtake the guards. The gladiator fingered the blade that rested beside him. It was duller than he would’ve preferred and shorter, but it was all he had time to grab and conceal. If they disarmed the guards, they’d be able to pick up better weapons, but for now, this was what he had to deal with.

“How’s it going, Animal?” Crassus’s voice whispered from somewhere behind him. Antinious winced. The last thing he wanted was to have a big conversation with the other man while they were so close to the heart of the city.

“I’m fine. Shut up. Keep vigilant,” Antinious said, closing his eyes. He didn’t want to get caught by chitchatting. A grunt answered his order. It probably rubbed Crassus to have to obey him.

The gladiator drifted into that strange place between awake and asleep as the supply train moved on. The clap of the horses’ hooves, the sound of the soldiers’ low murmurs to one another, and the soft whisper of breathing from his companion in the cart lulled him into a sleepy place. He was going to be stiff when he stood. Parts of his body were already numb from keeping the same position for so long, and his right side was starting to ache from being pressed against a wooden crate that was completely unbending.

Two sharp knocks punctuated his lethargy. He brought his head up. Was that the signal? He sat up and nearly groaned from the effort. He rolled his shoulders in an effort to ease some of the stiffness.

“Are you ready, Animal?” Crassus whispered, expertly creeping over the boxes that were stacked between them. He already had his short sword drawn as he crouched beside the gladiator. Antinious nodded.

“Yeah. Where are the guards?” Antinious asked.

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