Praetorian Series [4] All Roads Lead to Rome by Edward Crichton

Praetorian Series [4] All Roads Lead to Rome by Edward Crichton

Author:Edward Crichton [Crichton, Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Goodreads: 23249930
Published: 2014-09-13T07:00:00+00:00


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Time passed, pain consumed. Up was down, down was up, both were hellish phenomena I wanted nothing more to do with. The ground moved beneath me. It felt like I was flying, but I was too weak to even scream anymore let alone levitate. All I could do was shudder, jerk, and convulse instinctively as something propelled me forward. Faces passed through my vision, the ground came up and smacked me in the face again, and…

And then the pain was gone.

At least, new attempts to generate unique forms of torture were gone.

The remnants of the beating from before lingered.

I flopped onto my back, growing more comfortable with every passing moment, sucking in huge gulps of air as I struggled to regain my senses. The earth beneath me was soft and felt of freshly cut grass, but I had little time for rest before a number of hands clawed at me, picking me up, and dragging me behind them. A moment later, I was thrown onto my back again and I took another long moment to drink in the aroma of the morning dew beginning to collect on each individual blade of grass. I turned onto my belly and opened my eyes, immediately spying the twin orbs resting benignly in front of me.

Then a thought occurred to me.

They were right there.

I could take them and go home in the blink of an eye. I’d done it once before already, and I knew I could do it again. I could just go home and forget everything that’s happened, or try to find a way back to an earlier point along the timeline where I could avert this whole disaster. I…

An immense, bare foot stomped suddenly on the ground between me and the orbs, and I looked up to see Remus’ face staring down at me.

“I will crush your hands well before you reach them,” he warned. “Do not attempt any heroics, Jacob Hunter. We are both well aware of how that generally turns out for you.”

I pulled my hand away and rolled onto my back again, glaring at him through puffy eyes and a body that ached and ached. “Fuck you.”

He sniffed out a quick laugh. “Resistant to the end. How commendable. Now, rise.”

I did as I was told, but slowly, forcing myself to my knees first and then my feet. I swayed in place for a moment as I regained my balance, a difficult task since I felt about as bad as someone who had just been struck by lightning.

Worse, probably.

Glancing to my left, I found Agrippina still with Boudicca but they were no longer intertwined together. Instead, a pair of burly Praetorians held Boudicca down on her knees while Agrippina stood behind her, neither woman looking particularly pleased. It was then that I also noticed our Praetorian contingent had also increased considerably since I’d lost contact with the orbs, and I had a sneaking suspicion of why.

I turned back to Remus. “I can’t let you go back and murder your brother.



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