Venus Preserved (Secret Books of Venus Series)
“She raised her supplicant hand a second time. Seeing only the death signal—thumb compressed and hidden, symbol of a man hidden, buried. Knowing this mob would never relent.
He lay on his side, near her feet. He had pushed himself on to one elbow, elegant, like a citizen on a dinner couch. His skin, flawless black. His eyes, proud and angry, hard as the black iron they resembled.
“They won’t have it,” Jula said to him. She remembered his name, “Picaro—before the gods, why didn’t you put ...up a fight? You’re able—I’ve seen you train in the court behind the Forum, where Talio’s school is. You’re good. Look how you’ve cut me about. Not many can boast of that. We’re both their slaves. What would it have cost? You fool,” she said bitterly. “What am I to do?”
Above, the blue closed sky of Stagna Maris. A scent of the incense of pine-cones. Away along the paved road that began between the stone-pines, a gate to the town, an entrance to the villa of her master.MoreLess
He lay on his side, near her feet. He had pushed himself on to one elbow, elegant, like a citizen on a dinner couch. His skin, flawless black. His eyes, proud and angry, hard as the black iron they resembled.
“They won’t have it,” Jula said to him. She remembered his name, “Picaro—before the gods, why didn’t you put ...up a fight? You’re able—I’ve seen you train in the court behind the Forum, where Talio’s school is. You’re good. Look how you’ve cut me about. Not many can boast of that. We’re both their slaves. What would it have cost? You fool,” she said bitterly. “What am I to do?”
Above, the blue closed sky of Stagna Maris. A scent of the incense of pine-cones. Away along the paved road that began between the stone-pines, a gate to the town, an entrance to the villa of her master.MoreLess
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