Who is Mate?
William stared unseeing across the tiles as he sat gingerly on the underwater seat of the central bath in the Roman bathroom.
The hot water was incredibly soothing to his rather tender behind. If he moved the wrong way it felt like someone was stabbing his anus with needles, but he thought the bath was doing wonders to keep that sensation at bay.
When Anthony had scooped him up in his arms and brought him here, he’d had no energy left in his entire body, and a bath had sounded amazing. He’d been sad when Anthony left him, saying he had to go out, but had been easily soothed by Anthony’s goodbye kiss and the promise of a swift return.
Now that he was alone and had the ability to think again, however, the day’s events whirled through his mind.
All the way up to the point
