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He'd assumed Lucius’ hostility came from grief, from being forced to kill or be killed. But this terror—
He knows what can happen to gladiators beyond the arena. He's heard the conversations among patricians and senators, the way they speak of buying a champion for a night. He never cared about it. Now …
This is a wound that a sword didn’t make, and Acacius is only a soldier.
Or, Acacius and Lucilla's plan to rescue Lucius succeeds. Now Acacius and Lucius are on the run, fighting to survive each other and everything they've been through to build a new Rome.