Roman Games by Bruce MacBain
Author:Bruce MacBain [MacBain, Bruce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
The second hour of the night.
The forecourt of the temple was silent but for the susurrus of breathing, the intermittent sighs and grunts of the sleepers, the dreamers. Behind his jackal mask, Alexandrinusâ eyes swept over them. Then one, a dark shadow against the wall, stirred, stood up, and came toward him, stepping carefully among the recumbent forms.
He hurried her into his private room. Her face was tear-streaked.
âI canât stay there another night, Alex. He rants, he threatens to kill me, heâs going to challenge the will, heâs even talking about hiring that odious Pliny for his lawyer.â She clung to him.
With difficulty, the priest unlocked her arms and stepped back. âCalm yourself, my dear. Let Lucius say what he likes. The seal and the forged numeral were perfect! And the emperor will support us, if it comes to that. Heâs a devotee and he has a financial interest in the will going unchallenged. Weâve won, do you understand? Isis is with us. Feel her power.â
But Turpia Scortilla would not be reasoned with. âLucius will kill me. Heâs half out of his mind.â
âHe wonât. The house is full of soldiers, isnât it? Let him threaten, he doesnât dare do anything.â
âPlease, let me stay here in the temple with you. I canât go back there.â
âAbsolutely not. We canât be seen together until all this dies down. Lucius would have grounds for challenging the will if he could prove something about us. Weâre about to inherit two million. Just be patient a little longer.â
âAlexâLord Anubisâdonât forget that it was I who got it for you. You wonât will you? I love you. Make love to me.â
But he took off the long-snouted mask and set it aside, exposing his beautiful skull. He wouldnât play the lusty god with her tonight; he wasnât in the mood.
Soon she left, walking with her head down and moaning softly. In the stillness of the night, it was a sound that Nectanebo, working late as usual in his embalming shop, was bound to hear.
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