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Authors: Eva Scott
‘I love you,’ she whispered, knowing it to be true in the deepest parts of her soul. She had always loved him, from the moment she had first seen him in the Roman Army camp up until the moment he freed her from servitude. Xanthe was bound to him until the end of their days.
Titus threaded his fingers through her hair, his palm cradling the back of her head, pulling her to him. His second kiss was fierce and deep, speaking of all they had lived through together and all that was to come. Xanthe clung to his shoulders, drinking him in until her horse stepped away, forcing them apart.
‘We must continue,’ he said, his voice hoarse.
‘Where to?’ Xanthe’s head spun with the possibilities.
‘We must leave Italy, that much is certain.’
‘We could return to my people,’ she suggested. ‘You are a warrior whose talents will be well appreciated.’
‘Perhaps I will get myself one of those blue tattoos you Scythians are so fond of.’ Xanthe could hear the laughter in his voice.
‘Sarmatian! I am Sarmatian,’ she shouted joyfully. ‘And so will you be, too’
Titus threw back his head and laughed. ‘Now, unless I’m very much mistaken we have a special journey to undertake. Don’t you have a brother to save?’
The day had begun with little hope, but instead had turned out to be the first day of a new future.
‘I think I know where there are some Huns with my name on them,’ she said. Xanthe kicked her horse forward, letting Titus follow.
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ISBN: 9780857990396
Title: The Last Gladiatrix
Copyright © 2013 by Eva Scott
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