I didn't question what my new brother meant when he said Juventas was one of the people who would take advantage of the fact Caius was incapacitated; it didn't matter what her motives were - she was dangerous, and we needed to keep her away from him.
I made a note to ask Caius about his relationship with Tiberius when this was over, because he had been so eager to help that he clearly felt more than a passing affection for Caius and I would never have guessed that he was the sort of man to take an awkward, lonely young man under his wing.
I wasn't even sure how we would get back to the Villa, and I felt a fleeting moment of guilt when I thought of the pale grey horse I had abandoned to get here as fast as possible.
I felt an itching, aching need to leave and I recognized that it was an
