Lachlan by hazel hunter6/11/2023 “Attempting to capture this one female is not working. “Tribune, we must rethink our strategy,” Quintus suggested carefully. The first to cut off a breast from the other will win her freedom.” He waved his hand for them to begin, and then sat back down with a heavy sigh as one of the women stabbed herself in the chest. “Excuse me for a moment,” the tribune said. They stood sobbing noisily as they stared at the blades in their hands. Both were given daggers and pushed toward each other. The guards dragged two young, naked mortal women to the base of the steps. “I fear she did.” Now came the unpleasant part. Mounting the steps, Quintus avoided the splatters of blood as he joined the tribune. “Prefect, you are just in time for the night’s games.” He stood and gestured to the guards, who seized the fighters. There Gaius had stationed his guards around the platform and reclined on his dais while he watched two naked mortal men fighting with spiked staffs on the steps. QUINTUS DISMOUNTED FROM his horse, and handed the reins to his aid before he made his way to the great cavern.
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