Alice Borchardt by Night of the Wolf

Author:Night of the Wolf [Wolf, Night of the]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-01-30T00:34:15+00:00

“Then get back to where you were. Nothing I have to say here is intended for your ears. I don’t care much for eavesdroppers or spies, and if either of you makes the near acquaintance of a lead-tipped whip, you’ll quickly learn to be both deaf and dumb when I want you to be.” By then they’d both scurried back out of earshot, but he made sure they heard the last few words.

Philo said nothing, He might be free, but he knew Lucius was very angry. In fact, he hadn’t seen him this angry before.

“I didn’t mean you,” he said to Philo.

“I know and I understand better what you mean about the … other thing.”

“Did you love your family?”

“Yes, I did. I do. I didn’t have to allow myself to be sold to protect my father and sister. Slavery is difficult enough for a man, but a complete nightmare for women or the elderly. And if I hadn’t been an improvident fool, I would have had enough money to pay the bribes the Roman provincial governor demanded and save my family, but as it was I didn’t.”

“Oh, but you’re free now and you could go back …”

“No, I couldn’t, not just yet. Sometime, maybe, but not just yet. Besides, I’m doing well here.”

“Yes. Don’t let Fulvia steal too high a percentage of your fees.”

“One third!”

Lucius stopped. “That’s extortion!”

“Shush.” Philo laid his finger on his lips and glanced back at Castor and Pollux. “She gets one third of all the ones she knows about. You know they don’t call us Greeks sneaky for nothing. We were learning sharp dealing from the merchants of Sidon and Tyre before Romulus ever figured out what a wolf’s tit was. I can take care of myself.”

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