Thunderbolt Torn Enemy of Rome by Roger Kean

Author:Roger Kean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: war, teenage, desert, ancient rome, carthage, barbarians, senate, alps, legions, sex acts, war and boys, roman legions, celts in spain, gauls, punic war, war action, hannibal conqueror, homoerotic sex
Publisher: Roger Kean

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The morning dawned chilly. Malco’s stomach gave rumble and he thought of food—and then of Juba. The Romans had fed Malco, but Juba had eaten nothing from the morning of the upset in the Rhône four days before. The Numidian’s keen eye spied smoke curling up at the foot of the hills to right of their position, and they immediately headed in that direction. Not far from a little hamlet they came across a flock of goats grazing under the charge of a native boy seated on a rock near them.

“Should I shoot him?” Juba asked, pulling his bow from under the concealment of the Roman cloak.

“No, no. The lad’s done us no harm, but we must have one of his goats. If we wait, one of them will come close to us.”

Fortune proved Malco’s confidence, and after a short stretch a goat browsing on the shrubbery passed within a few feet. Juba let fly his arrow. It struck behind its shoulder and the goat fell among the bushes. In an instant Juba wrapped a hand about its jaw to prevent it bleating. In a swift movement, he cut the animal’s throat. They dragged the light carcass away until a dip in the ground hid them from sight of the village, then they quickly skinned and cut it up, and devoured some of the meat raw. With stomachs filled, they each took a leg of the animal for a future meal and proceeded on their way.

Late in the afternoon of the same day, the scars of battle in disturbed riverbank, broken spear shafts, buried arrows, and bloodied broken limbs identified the spot where the Carthaginian army had crossed. “By daylight we shouldn’t have any difficulty in following their tracks,” Juba said.

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