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Sarah Mac
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—“You still love him.”
—“Always.” She remained quiet, while I swallowed the realization that the fates had been cruel to me as well. The sisters of destiny had chosen for me a woman more beautiful than the stars & just as unreachable.
—“The girl I was will always love him. But I’m not her anymore. I am an entirely new person, forged in the fires of loss, grief, pain…of Rome.”
— Aug 05, 2026 04:02PM
—“Always.” She remained quiet, while I swallowed the realization that the fates had been cruel to me as well. The sisters of destiny had chosen for me a woman more beautiful than the stars & just as unreachable.
—“The girl I was will always love him. But I’m not her anymore. I am an entirely new person, forged in the fires of loss, grief, pain…of Rome.”
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Sarah Mac
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—He wrapped an arm beneath my waist & kept me still, holding himself close & deep. “You know it’s true,” he whispered. “Don’t you?”
—I couldn’t speak, my entire being sapped of strength, my voice having flown away with my spirit. I simply closed my eyes & nodded.
—“Yes,” he whispered, brushing his mouth along my cheek & jaw. “You’ll always remember me.”
….Uggghhn. Trajan. 💙
— 21 hours, 38 min ago
—I couldn’t speak, my entire being sapped of strength, my voice having flown away with my spirit. I simply closed my eyes & nodded.
—“Yes,” he whispered, brushing his mouth along my cheek & jaw. “You’ll always remember me.”
….Uggghhn. Trajan. 💙
Sarah Mac
is on page 225 of 382
‘Reaching up, I did something I’d been wanting to do for some time. I cupped his face & felt the bristles of his trim beard, lightly moving my fingers of one hand across his brow. His expression softened, but he still didn’t speak. There was pain in his gaze. I’d know. Pain was a familiar companion of mine. And yet I loathed seeing it on him.’
— Aug 06, 2026 03:30PM
Sarah Mac
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‘I wanted to slap him for being so calm, so genuine. Part of me wanted to enrage his beast so that I could be right in saying & knowing they were all the same. Imagining that Trajan was indeed different—a good, kind man willing to sacrifice his life to create a new, better world for the citizens of Rome—terrified me. Because a man like that, I could care for.’
— Aug 04, 2026 03:41PM
Sarah Mac
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‘I’d seen hundreds of Romans in their own half-skin on the battlefields, but there was something terrible & menacing about this creature. There was no doubt this fearsome Roman stalking across the open plaza toward the altar & the waiting sacrifice was a true killer.’ ….Igniculus is no pussy wannabe villain. What a creep.
— Aug 04, 2026 02:57PM
Sarah Mac
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‘It wasn’t Caesar’s questioning that had sparked fear enough to elevate my heart rate. It was being ordered to whip a helpless man. Even if he was an enemy of Rome, no one deserved to die like this. And now I was to contribute…or appear weak & disloyal. The greatest fault Caesar saw in other men, other dragons.’
— Aug 02, 2026 03:19PM
Sarah Mac
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—“If I had the choice, I would never work for a Roman.”
—He huffed a laugh. “It may seem all black-and-white, but this world doesn’t work that way.”
—“Perhaps not your world. Evil lives here.” I gestured toward the city beyond the terrace. “I have seen the monsters who rule it with brutal malice.”
—“I have too, madame. And they are not all Roman.”
— Jul 31, 2026 03:28PM
—He huffed a laugh. “It may seem all black-and-white, but this world doesn’t work that way.”
—“Perhaps not your world. Evil lives here.” I gestured toward the city beyond the terrace. “I have seen the monsters who rule it with brutal malice.”
—“I have too, madame. And they are not all Roman.”
Sarah Mac
is on page 100 of 382
‘Silence fell between us once again. And the image of her only moments before standing proudly over Valerius’ body struck me hard. She appeared so majestic. It was a strangely beautiful sight. I couldn’t get it out of my mind.’
— Jul 31, 2026 01:53AM
Sarah Mac
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—“So how is the grain business?” I asked.
—“No, no, silly man. That’s too droll. Keep to the more enticing topics. Besides, the grain business is always doing well.”
—“And keeping you a wealthy, powerful woman.”
—“The only kind to be.” She examined me over her silver goblet as she sipped her wine.
….Fausta is still awesome.
— Jul 30, 2026 04:16PM
—“No, no, silly man. That’s too droll. Keep to the more enticing topics. Besides, the grain business is always doing well.”
—“And keeping you a wealthy, powerful woman.”
—“The only kind to be.” She examined me over her silver goblet as she sipped her wine.
….Fausta is still awesome.
Sarah Mac
is on page 44 of 382
‘No matter what Valerius did to me in that dungeon that was my home, I’d stopped crying years ago. And now this? It wasn’t because his words weren’t true that they felt like a sharp blade slipping through my ribs & pricking my heart. It was that they were true…& I’d forgotten.’
— Jul 30, 2026 02:19PM
Sarah Mac
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‘I was surprised Trajan didn’t look at me the way Valerius or Quintus did. His brow furrowed as if he were trying to work out a puzzle. There was no puzzle here, I wanted to tell him. I was exactly what he saw. A woman with the power to kill my enemies who’d been silenced & muzzled in a golden bridle & iron fear.’
— Jul 29, 2026 03:12PM