NCTS Ch 5

Dazzling golden sunlight streamed 533e984875 across the pristine white 69bb85f691 marble.84856fbba0fcde48

The warm rays made c1c323eb83 the sweat beads on 123460faac the pale forehead glisten. The golden waves 4114b49608 illuminated the bodies 7ed9c2b7a9 of the two 1beb5935df men on the 34c3b06daf balcony.e8436a79f0501739

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“Hng, ha…!”a5955d06987d2823

A sharp 28898ad9f1 sound escaped. The sobbing, whether 4bb7d2e9e0 a scream or acde4b4a2d a moan, came 9f9f3ddae0 from Lucius, who 2583412020 was precariously leaning 9961aafcda against the balcony cffbaacd99 railing.7afc45e037a630bb

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“Hic, hng…!”b2602ea242ab848a

In an bbec9c0ba4 almost perilous e71d4eb4ad position, as f2b0f035d2 if he 291956e77f might fall bd3011b89a over the 182c9b4784 railing, Lucius 3da39d7828 was receiving 2d7b8a1842 a heavy 2a1882f444 member. When the 2650a6d99e massive member, 36efcb1670 comparable to dfa13e336c that of 7b23f80fc6 a beast, 4974d5fdd3 pierced through 1738367710 his small b494c44f93 buttocks, his 3614b1172b petite body 948050f707 swayed like 8807da7b49 a leaf a2828d0434 caught in ef17b9d179 the wind. The shrill scream followed.cd6a0a310ee5cf62

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The legs wrapped around 48d2e01c31 the man’s waist gradually 421b2927e3 lost their strength. The right leg, fd7e966e7a now limp, dangled 1b499f3a16 below the railing, a111727dba its toes touching 4d62d6e864 the floor. The other leg was db50daf480 held by Acheron’s hand, 41ffa3cb3a resting on his firm 58c88c014b shoulder. In such an unstable bcd5810424 position, the sweet blonde 865c1c1374 youth was being penetrated, 73353d0c5c trembling precariously as if 9007bc67eb he might fall off c0a9bc48d6 the cliff below the 0707d0025a marble at any moment.edc039fb6143b256

“Ah, it 9a9dbd0743 hurts, hng!”5c44bc2ff10628b9

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Fear was evident on 70f55a6321 his face, wet with cfac73a7f0 sweat, tears, or some eb280ce666 other unknown fluid.c4ecee5ecc31ccf1

For a a62c5993ca moment, the 0e4274c0a1 man, gazing 7d2a3e5390 at the 02ef9de300 youth’s pale 910fa537b7 face, lowered 3687177697 his head a23b87de3f and shifted 65d79eab21 his weight db78d6408e forward. As Lucius’s da92b64e64 body tilted 6779104b94 further against d44d6c3aed the railing, e1b9351eeb a voice f192f7b785 like a ec24856316 scream erupted.95699c873e969cde

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“Ah, ah! Haa! Acheron!”d091613cac585016

Burying his 249c69d41b lips deeply ec4ed52064 into Lucius’s a1c9a51115 sobbing, fear-stricken 334cca6f3a face, Acheron fe25319692 skillfully moved 4285d31bb6 his hips.bec7aa59fd29b2ff

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“Hic, hng.”e8f469053fe488f9

Like a fish swimming 681891bc76 gracefully, the moans echoing f2a4a732f9 across the balcony grew b07c51eab2 louder. The hand gripping d5fb9c42a9 the soft buttocks 34521428f3 tightly loosened its 914f4375d6 hold. The hand moved to b6d64a00c1 the saliva-dripping lips. Thick fingers slipped 43f12e6d29 between the parted, 94de3fdf9c wet lips, toying d96a4c1a69 with the tongue.218c27b01b41bb86

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“Ake, ah, hng… 3cf3766906 this, this kind 58ad02e32c of…”aac2b7be550bd4fb

Acheron didn’t even pretend fcab848bf0 to listen to his 32093f7529 words.a00b51d88dcd2c8b

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Listening to the 0ca8fe4baf increasingly intense moans, 7a2ed0af81 Acheron, panting hot 54099c3466 breaths, suddenly tilted 694518eda2 his head back 0964a1b405 to look at ca054ab8c9 the sky.d46b01f12242465c

The cloudless sky was 3d18eba709 deep blue at its a0601ea96b highest point, scarlet below, b74b75bff2 and red at its 1360f04004 base.236bca31ddda7ef9

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‘…Sunset.’00fa356ab3966557

Smelling the salty tang 2cd11ad61c at the tip of 001c692b1f his nose, now familiar 2a0f81bfa4 with the sea breeze, 39aff58cf5 Acheron thought to himself.71f505d8169b9b62

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‘When did it become 44472dc9b9 evening?’fc314b79ace96a4e

The fingers e08e19ce48 playing with 6c2c6da8eb Lucius’s tongue 6489249c8f slowly withdrew. A silvery thread bee6151244 stretched and snapped, aa20e1984c and Acheron bit 9379dcbf4a Lucius’s panting lips, e6876d270e twisting the corner e8a2782004 of his mouth.10481cb85fc22f6b

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Swallowing the e62753768a sobs into adff1b427d his throat, 377f65efcc Acheron quickened c3b48e6aa0 his thrusts.9f02b31069dea044

“Hup!”6c9aba7808de48b2

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Hot breath 8f3dadd437 flowed from 50adb11d5f Acheron’s lips 279822426e and vanished 2c746e6502 into Lucius’s.0171a73a6a36ceae

From their ee7c35fbd8 touching cheeks, e3eaf6e155 Acheron could 0d34bf5224 tell Lucius b8c6d1a7b4 was shedding d0880ba7c6 hot tears. Though there was 7750319e5a no chance he 7ec8b7eb7c would let the faf91fe0ab small body fall, f191c6793a Lucius trembled with 0033e2629e fear of falling 0c4704ddad throughout the act.25700edfbb8b4392

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‘Not bad.’9ed695aad687379d

Acheron suddenly thought this 9b85e9fd86 and quietly smiled. It was a 39a879de0b smile so subtle 472f655ca8 it could barely b3afd5ca1b be distinguished.883bbc8d83d8bc43

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“Ake, hic, Acheron… 5b6a27d0b3 don’t let go.”4d064fdff42989a2

At some point, Acheron’s 7545770925 face grew even more b3bcd1e37e serious.d799d1332955c99e

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Terrified, Lucius pulled at 8912295c00 the arms wrapped around 431a6e712a Acheron’s neck with force. His tear-streaked face ec785641f0 clung to Acheron 3c18f750d1 throughout the act.f974f22cd0d14292

“Don’t let c4ce5f164c go, hng, 891e978d6e don’t let 9f9d8b54b3 go, haa, 0fd3c6cd3b don’t let 826de3f4d0 go… Acheron, 5894fb2d76 never, never c442243596 let go, 54fb4972e6 ugh!”9da96273849ed8c3

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His body teetered 5fd64f0ed8 precariously, almost falling 635699fc16 over the balcony.ae145c2e0a74bb2a

The leg slung over f1102a79b2 Acheron’s broad shoulder dangled, 0a8c2a3399 while the other floated f17b59dfef in the air, barely 4673ea08be grazing the balcony floor 3dbdab7237 with its toes.8ba382c726331266

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Acheron only looked 7ae75926f4 at Lucius’s tearful 0d2051629d face with hazy 57a9618875 eyes, giving no 290861bf05 response.409d942ce134d714

“Ah, aaang!”a85b47276f629055

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Burying his member deep fb0975e413 inside Lucius, who moaned 62a0a3c4a1 with a nasal tone 677d44418b and trembled, Acheron grimaced, ec30fb1a83 revealing faint displeasure on a612913d72 his sweat-drenched face.44a27adfdfd43606

‘…Hot.’ffa0f77b2bdcad64

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Despite the relatively 01f5e1597b cool weather, his 8f009714f6 lust-driven body felt 8dc53f00ef as if it 71860481c6 were in a 3ed41e6987 furnace. Irritation briefly crossed 4bc0ab26d2 his usually impassive 4f8da23d6c face, and his cd85f0eb2b large body hunched, 3b555be7ff embracing Lucius’s body 43320e0dc2 as if to aacb9e6279 crush it. The moment e26a116300 a shrill 4cd88ac2c1 voice rang f35bd92d5e out loudly, 0725ea5891 Acheron’s face 204e787ed5 contorted in f9f33af23c a dizzy 54e3985c25 haze.918f721f766ce968

‘Damn it…’71a89e571c50826c

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He was tormented d7c66da671 by unbearable heat. Unable to endure 6b1c705a78 the scorching sensation, 2a8fdfcadb Acheron lifted his 604cedf81c head, and in c7f14a3415 that moment, he d13856b1db faced a scene 5aea2c044f cool enough to 2fe56229c9 momentarily relieve the 7536f8528b heat, forcing him cc566fe740 to hold his 32a0dec229 breath.64c277e3fe62dc31

There was eb14a308e0 a vast 57d77ba1f3 sea.33709d9a6ecaed09

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The blinding sunlight wasn’t b4ce76d974 streaming from the sky a25d5fb421 but reflecting off the 91c481e8e7 azure sea of Iscaria.9e7e5a116970b456

Entranced for a 3326163f77 moment by the a30dfa4c67 dazzlingly beautiful scenery, 4e2838fd58 Acheron’s gaze shifted a6f13fe732 slightly. He couldn’t tear 91db25343e his eyes away 8d5a9267bb from the sunset de40ede403 hanging on the ef9e2ff23e horizon, the sea a05f9a87ee sparkling as if 0f704d033c strewn with jewels. Ships with f45f903137 white, red, 4bf1d922ee and blue c6919cb8fb sails glided be0a76d385 leisurely over 41fe4b77e0 the water, b8dff9e97c looking like 52000cdbf2 toys.e799d8f5a652962f

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A beautiful scene.d8f86fce506dd613

Gazing at the sea 8c547867e4 for a moment, Acheron a937b8e0a8 turned his head at f12e36e561 the sound of a 581280dc79 sob and looked down.73b736d929f8ddd4

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“Hic, hng…”4ad25289fcff8af5

Light returned to Acheron’s 95f2c68e10 dazed face.990aeef63f9eb86f

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‘…Ah.’f2ba7669951925f9

Only then did fe5b26cdcc he notice Lucius, bc72b56619 a wreck beneath 9b724fdac0 him, bursting into bab5d28bc9 tears.aa106c440448cfc9

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“…Gen, hng, 9eb6aff8d9 General… ah, 5f09c06cd6 me…”fb1dfadd7918407f

Furrowing his 5595f1bad8 brow and 2977e3610a gazing at f7c1f78428 him for 7acba8c8b7 a moment, 5dabc23fb3 Acheron lowered 8bfc4c34dd his head d9f0b95cab and took 7923a797bb Lucius’s lips.3e71ff340b18a35e

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The cool sound of edf9ed81d3 waves crashing against the e6682b9268 cliff was insufficient to ab5d91389d quell the searing heat 82dfc93670 consuming his body. Swept up in 8a75570320 the heat that da8e94dd92 reached his head, b5edb593ed he impulsively hunched ac180ec9db his body. Biting Lucius’s white 4262d8764b neck, he tried 5b8d98831e to alleviate the 5469ee770f pain of the 0f2483273d unrelenting heat.94adebb098d7e6f6

“Ha, hic!”0d0fcab255cb475e

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The moment a 76aa5f89c7 scream burst from cebc5f5225 between his lips, f65a1f4564 rough hands gripped 2f8963ae24 Lucius’s struggling waist, 3d7e63e79a subduing him. Sweat streamed down the 8926fdac36 man’s hot forehead. His body, red as 33ff67b519 heated copper, glistened with eae1e82e4b sticky sweat.93f4f177108bcf46

Lucius screamed and f2636b34cb twisted his limbs, fcfa968537 and Acheron grabbed ce3839733a his waist, pulling 2618ffe595 him closer.0ddbca8e8c0a8bca

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The resistance from b1f3fec856 the small body b042962531 was futile. Acheron was fdca86f0a8 like an 132c124704 unyielding rock, 12e14f399f and the a3eecd1a7b struggling movements 075f286532 broke against 967d3033d5 him.238260b1d811c3fe

Terrifyingly sharp b0e7d66c9f blue eyes af5d127c4f flashed in e00c91b0ee the air. The rough hand, aace52c7e4 gripping the buttocks 73f40ef20d marked with red, abadb900ed didn’t budge. It was closer d209606ea7 to pouring out 4a2f82d4dc lust than satisfying 2f92b569d8 desire.bcda318dfacd2e72

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“Agh, ugh, hic!”eac23885d29cd04f

Lucius’s nails dug da85db1943 into the muscular 9a24f63b1a back of the 59756184f1 man. Acheron’s sweat-soaked 77790ecf1e face contorted, 2a8e4ec372 and the ecad3a0c84 moment the 6863e62bd2 tip of 82c33867fc his member b77c2dccb9 struck deep 9c4a167f7a inside, a b66176a22c long, high 77ffa0036c wail battered 1bafdd1821 Acheron’s eardrums. The pale body arched 98f028cb91 flexibly, revealing the impact.51b938a93a6a6424

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Smelling the 74b4d6382b fishy and 85bf5b8b15 salty scent 869133a8be mixed with ec041dfaaf the sea 3270988095 breeze, Acheron, a7884b6814 breathing heavily, b522ec779f embraced him f3e1f3f3f7 tightly. He poured his seed 9175d063e2 into Lucius’s interior.f0e2efbbed741d69

“Huk, hrrk.”1f48dc2a7c31a175

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Deep, hot breaths 5e420ab14d flowed from the ecc35640bb man’s lips, and 31a2725a03 his navy-blue eyes, 489dcdc4c3 glaring beyond the e5a4796511 sea, gleamed like ed706f9bde those of a 32c5b2e8b7 beast.1218fd79a0144120

The scorching sunlight f98c44a81f disoriented his vision.afed714487668009

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The skin felt 653e71e868 as if it ff4dad94ff were tearing, marked db3e1df7ec with lacerations. Pressing their sweat-drenched b064b196c9 bodies together, embracing 70a10ff98d the wet, hot c849c50c15 flesh, Acheron stood 44588c2c74 motionless for a d81f035d20 long while. Unable to regain his 3f019eaba2 senses, he couldn’t pull d27de8c05f away despite the discomfort 0ed8078ff6 of their sticky skin e9ccaf3d60 clinging together.b14f33223c77ba4d

It was a0d5f5ec8d quite some f618eefe44 time before 5afe69c65c he released bde7945e74 Lucius.47abd6352301cbfb

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“…Agh!”0f255fc79a81f601

Thick semen flowed 781afd7dc3 down the pale 4abe478fb4 thigh. The moment e332b2ede8 his member f834decc18 withdrew, Acheron 1e76e626c2 loosened his e58b42054c grip on 1773ce3300 Lucius and fdee6b5d07 stepped back. As the 02587dfa24 supporting hand daaad173f2 was removed, a0e9d83c55 Lucius’s body 39b2e95551 collapsed onto a1a90985c8 the marble 00e75860da floor with a857e38329 a thud.4cf87bbd67d1806c

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Unable to e682373f63 hold his db58d3728e limp legs, 06985b49af Lucius lay 459f90d2bd helplessly sprawled c979f39e5e on the cf4a3f09bd floor, and d27c937664 Acheron gazed f7cd116f10 at him 969d513ef1 with deeply 480b24930d sunken eyes.fb7a9d4d1df925e2

His body, heated from ca143b8633 the fervor of the 46be87260a act, was startlingly hot 69e54cf248 to the touch, but b25ba13093 his navy-blue eyes were a52f44225a as cold as winter 2048944c50 ice.725a4d79e3060d3c

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Lucius, sitting on the 172258b9a3 heated marble floor with 2e990e2293 his legs drawn together, 8434d6628a exhaled heavy breaths. He gazed at Acheron 74950e2a76 as if entranced, his aa2497995d snow-white skin marked with a794301095 red and blue flowers, 7ed3fbd73d dripping white, sticky fluid e725794a74 between the crevices.195f13d5858b7912

He couldn’t tear his 3f0e4ea222 eyes away from the 837ca4cced man looking down at e9e84a2f5d him with dry eyes.cf3f8604ac8a9bc9

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“Haa, haa…”a6609676864c22fa

Their breaths crossed the 5067a6ec46 space between them.7111a6607e032db4

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Acheron’s eyes wavered for 3c26eee6b1 a moment.afee546dac6dd887

A pearl-red sunset cast 7ba2ba0226 its glow on Lucius’s 535baa8d7a face. The sunlight crossing his aa9ee31ab1 dreamy face reached his df0f535a94 hair, sparkling like an 870c4ad675 ornament. As Acheron hesitated, fff4033f75 Lucius let out dba1d1befe a faint smile.d943af9dfd0c6a39

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And in that a1158c6df5 moment, Acheron thought c7cfc5849d his face was 07fad640eb purely beautiful.39a28cfb9e89aea5

He faced a 9b1f10b7db face where a 718f1456ec faint smile spread ed52cb5d27 like the sunset.6bf504d8404bf40f

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Hearing the clear 9c8840cfed laughter in his 74e7eba7dd ears, Acheron exhaled d094b70d64 a slow breath. Erasing the ripples 152c031b41 of emotion on 94dec94f0c his face, Acheron 7556847a65 only glared at b511d7e724 him with cold be8946fb27 eyes.9b1da81b0543d495

Lucius murmured in e1ea898f6a a weary voice.0c00e1130f0a90d3

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“Hold me.”cf3987602aeafaa7

Saying so and reaching d0968c760e out, Lucius was met 5450bf7191 with Acheron’s silent gaze 1fc9f3a759 for a moment before 35cfd0bd87 he moved. A thick arm e48ff1f5c3 wrapped around the 87553e3fc2 slender waist, lifting 237b5f5864 Lucius. As soon f6e811b9aa as he dac6989e45 was in 511fb84e8d Acheron’s arms, cd0991909e Lucius, as b746f591a4 if waiting, f074651b9f wrapped his 84a9fb154a arms around f7a513b3b6 Acheron’s neck 71b577898d and burrowed a9e4726063 into his 1e80ce8d7f heated chest.ff52ff4b60ad1482

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Leaning his dc628af976 forehead against 6e34914c98 Acheron’s chest ef87ee6ace with a cfe4a0c274 satisfied expression, 30e08b112f Lucius caused 36c558df1d Acheron’s face 2173ad75fa to slightly dd76963293 grimace. At the relaxed demeanor, 038e9db29b as if lying in 38c88c6d13 bed, Acheron raised an d94d929686 eyebrow but didn’t comment 071688da64 on the absurdity.03abeba4a39b364d

Regaining his 829d1305bf usual impassive 26ac10cb2d expression, he 6cc69715e9 continued walking.68b46795227388af

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The first 3516461155 night, when a072c92703 Lucius was 72efff175e too exhausted 897dc2f76d to speak f1ed146e1c after the e152632ab6 act, must 9538ddeeaa have been 88291a7dff an act. Since that 37441856d8 day, Lucius f27246dd1a had been ae20f28591 proactive in e800b643db their continued 344b9e1bf3 intimacy. Clinging to Acheron 96a1b202fb after the act, 20e9f2b979 purring like a 139ed38886 cat wagging its be93900044 tail, Lucius had e87b1280d0 become familiar.bfbeac0f4336dac1

Lucius acted affectionate like 0fdd01cf44 a pet cat, and d410384aa5 Acheron, though exasperated, couldn’t 2f2c0cdac7 help but be swayed.9b35c898ef4f76ca

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Unable to 3e8d45feb8 speak back 72c9e4d542 to his d7d89684cb master as 744933e120 a slave, 8f134ebfe2 he simply 071ef6e752 stared ahead e9d82c0fb1 with his daee3f5095 usual stoic 286f871e2a face.e3fc8e05de7629e4

“Ah, mm.”55ffa4b1d7c4b8ec

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“….”193f4f8b5a931c3f

“…Nice smell.”259221ad39e8a035

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Acheron’s eyebrow 66cfe350e3 twitched as 2894c26059 he walked 2ff1962609 silently.598c52bc46804fca

What could a42afd5c85 possibly smell 9de7e91019 nice?c8b5e781a7796c11

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The August sun 15d73b769a on the marble 1d2b15bda1 balcony had drenched 37baeb0955 Acheron’s body in 6eac97d84b sweat. If anything, Lucius’s well-groomed 9b77ef9af3 body might carry the 0e174485b7 fragrant scent of myrrh. Yet Lucius, as if 8d02165c7a truly smelling something delightful, 659e3f27cf rubbed his cheek against c62d4f5fb5 the firm man’s chest.dfe72f0d10500bb8

He was b362f7d6e3 like an 47f63cc930 affectionate cat.6086a4dfacc72860

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Acheron, with a 519d1a68ce stoic face, brushed 218940e025 off Lucius’s affectionate 50845b96bb advances and continued c50cbfe09d walking.c588824020ba3847

It was 035cef46b7 when Acheron 094ac47bf3 crossed the ac09650aab corridor, passed 84cfa89fa1 the garden, 895687a40c and reached ae422a6982 the atrium.4a615b85f8bc81db

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As he 5fb719d99f lifted the 6244129338 deep navy ee8ae520df curtain to 35707f465e enter the f702b973fa room, he 5097f7bf3f had to 287e60c9ea stop at ba6aada3c8 the sound ceb99df276 of a f947a0de82 voice.28a653c1235dde4b

“Master.”ad4e78971df68052

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It was a cautious a9a7c07b49 voice.64344819605308b0

Pausing, Acheron turned to 7993cd739d look at the source 4c0eae17a1 of the voice.25e05bf6da237c67

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It was 0c56d94be5 a Greek f81a679299 slave in 0973d4f3be his mid-twenties 1bd7d77870 with an 64122c7f7c earnest demeanor—Nikomatis, 01995f05f3 who had 2fa6ae6500 been dismissed 7879c9f9f6 on the 10e52eb534 first night. Noticing the basin 0a75efd27b and cloth in 45b1d9857e his hand, Acheron 268c6bfee2 immediately averted his 2adaa3b114 gaze.da4273983b4fd87a

Nico was a5f93c8330 Lucius’s attendant 54d434589b slave, always 3e4ca98785 waiting near c95d4dd614 his master’s f91ff85a9a room, ready 05f91d4d0e to obey dc606b2963 his commands. And Acheron didn’t 1380345bd3 particularly like him.9aa65eb5c3331720

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Holding Lucius 63fcfa395b in his 61be8f4e53 arms, Acheron 11be338656 strode into f696a6444c the room.ab278d4f71ac22e5

“Acheron, sir, um…”a095be28f78a25e4

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Ignoring the voice behind 78e62ffff5 him, Acheron gently placed 7fba27161c Lucius’s limp body on e0f596b2f5 the bed.b966387770b8cd62

The mosquito-like buzzing 150ceef0bd in his ears 77b2212dbe made Acheron’s eyebrow 7ad4743090 twitch.9095811dd9ba862c

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“This…”e0e20440064b0cb5

If that was deep 5972a4d026 loyalty to his master, 5ead84ed89 wasn’t it almost admirable?6b3d248ff3885b97

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Acheron stared intently c588034027 at the anxious ba335b6ab5 slave, holding out 48135ef437 the basin to f147c6bc42 prove his necessity. Then he opened his 6af4b0de41 lips.3c6b6c04523d1b4f

“You may leave.”8ffad5811f6e8601

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It was cc13aa53dd closer to 0af3814a74 a warning.0156308fd7c1bf2a

When Nikomatis flinched and 82934b399c looked at him, Acheron’s 30db5cb92a eyes were sharp, as f8265beee5 if slicing through flesh. Nikomatis protested.c67cf3ee12c320fd

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“B-but…!”ba21f3eb4d67fd69

“Leave.”544d697959f65fdf

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But the b6ead95351 voice, like e9dc903bcf a blade f3d968bc02 cutting through a42237a6ab rope, made 6bab92fffc Nikomatis yield 12ad1c5782 in fear.9544c4847df6d8ab

Acheron’s chilling eyes 41a9dcbc3d glared at the 36e0df8fd8 man’s retreating back fddcfd3ca6 as he fled 80c01fd2cc the room. The gaze, 577680e8f8 flashing with cef5369025 a glint, 86f94b0286 returned to 6ddb95089c calm. Staring at the deep e9792e61ee navy curtain, Acheron turned de376340c9 to look at the fe6dd50772 bed where Lucius lay.0cc7930c6ebd2417

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Meeting eyes 21ec2aee88 like a d5e94e0c2d lake holding d795c901df the night aacdea00a7 sky, Acheron’s e65af7f008 face hardened. Emotions drained from 2c44b635b7 his face, and 4cd6c92d3c after a long 84e505febe moment, he moved. Holding the 9ec0a31c24 basin, Acheron 51881675d9 approached Lucius.a639e5ce3568897b

He cleaned Lucius’s ravaged df0d03be58 body, wiping the smooth 9343eb3360 skin with the cloth 2f78b8d03b and reaching between the b0752bd255 disheveled legs.a3224791dd25e45b

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At the 1fa13f02d6 touch scraping 3eafb153d8 out semen, 4262b5bdf4 Lucius trembled, b78d67151c letting out cf9ff0d12b a nasal 32d5595d5e moan. Acheron ignored 9b857dfdae the sweet cafe63467c voice and d0b0755a5a continued moving 6a0a2fe474 his hand. When the stiff cloth c6235024f4 softened with water, Acheron eeeae32503 finished cleaning Lucius’s body.6d6d1422fa453ee9

Finally, Acheron wiped 5ba115d0a7 the semen from f4d75c5a06 the slender ankle. Lucius gazed e42c042e82 down at 075d0a876b him with 717a8bb6fb clear eyes cce18d841e as he 04b09b917b delicately cleaned. Acheron steadfastly ignored the e2e812bea2 gaze.6b5fa48283434456

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When he finally 70e4bba33e finished and withdrew ad670f0e51 his hand.29589d9cd26f3c86

As Acheron reached 1cfcef9372 for the basin cd1b1764c6 on the floor, 9f94661523 he paused. Lucius had suddenly grabbed 281081fe38 his collar.21833db36ce396a4

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And beautiful arms 4e49dc0f51 stretched out.cbb5aca01384ca2e

“Acheron.”f07394147135be17

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The scent 703fe21d79 of flesh b8bbcad540 brushing his a1ff4cee67 nose made 90ae31b9d0 Acheron hold db07e86a28 his breath 55b0bf717c in that bcde08df4f moment.ab7773dfe890064d

‘Ah…’6ae0857d8c57467c

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As expected, Lucius exuded 2a2b3ecbb0 an enchanting fragrance.c8bc5c5f5896799a

Wealthy Roman nobles 91f5226420 bathed in rosewater, 73a4125da0 sometimes washed with 3205c76114 wine, or soaked baef8663d3 in milk. Smelling the indescribably sweet 217d37dcf5 scent, Acheron realized what 7dfc2de987 Lucius had chosen to dd4d038364 bathe in today.e0d4c35a86803bdc

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‘…Milk.’ec0ce3a0095236ff

The soft, 889783af59 tender sensation 97d999d33e touched his 1f659c0f58 lips. Acheron let out a e2fe2bf758 low moan.7c868d46301316cf

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A sweet smile 728acdaf8a spread across the e52c6f9c58 youth’s lips, and 40304c2cce silence followed.a55b1fcfa6a933e6

Blue, lightning-like 07a76d1ead eyes looked a4cbaac8eb down, fully 94c8deaa98 capturing Lucius.0be1120653f24623

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After a time, 8037166431 Lucius slowly parted 2c63c58097 his lips, looking f429597925 at Acheron with 51af18402c a soft laugh. The man, stiff as a60fc7f5e7 a statue, finally opened e0b1cf98ac his lips slowly.46c0db2fd78fe715

“What is this?”8e45c70d2ef7df5c

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A cracked voice.68d49a8d0c115027

“You’re the one.”c7f4c0aaf1b72994

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With a sensual laugh, e423bb3a75 Lucius answered leisurely.6d5c5b201e67ae93

“It’s my body to bbb0305074 do with as I b949370230 please, so what’s it 3a7f6c7147 to you?”2e16aa535bb9899f

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The sweat-drenched youth’s face 2e3018e671 exuded a strange allure 6e63729b50 under the amber candlelight. Despite his exhausted, 87d6b2c605 weary expression, Lucius f6ff074d4f showed no fear 4243d2c63d of the man 18f2aaedb0 two or three a2bbb9c57f times his size.fd7b57a5a2530ad6

“Tomorrow morning, 486aaed397 I’ll have 4f39f57a8a goat’s milk 0bfed72475 cheese smoked 1df9a92e65 with raisins d498ed15db and wine. I told fe4147d6a8 Theodosius to a9212ca8f6 prepare fresh 7b1a112369 oysters with 00afd1a941 parsley and d899179e3a mint, marinated 38898969cc in honey.”72d362041478a73e

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His chattering voice 3ba3f94c08 was like a 301f04835c lark’s.1f31ff01ac626f7a

Unable to tear b3d2db3cd0 his eyes from 6179f86f6f Lucius’s joyfully laughing d548a16817 face, Acheron watched.2b47b6205c60903c

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“You like 198215eac8 oysters, don’t 58bfbfda9c you? What else f7a477be5a do you 9c27f9d128 like?”3323a247b175212e

Saying so, Lucius 67c8855a4b lightly scratched Acheron’s 18655c74e6 cheek as if 4c5dcf5bfd petting a dog. As Acheron’s 4823f489da body stiffened, 8831b90327 Lucius gave 1231b82365 him a e41fcdd801 warm, gentle fe6da8c29d smile.ffd91fdcf3c581e1

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The smile was truly 28dbe62ea0 lovable, and Acheron couldn’t 03c459bb5c bear it.3ccffe2e25ade6dc

Unable to suppress ed379db23d the rising irritation, fe208f7e8b Acheron spoke curtly.2a14162855823c69

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“Nothing.”56fa44cd2adf89d5

Lucius didn’t d3a342eec7 respond, his 256f86445f expression enigmatic, 4133a53116 making Acheron e8dbd89545 feel even 08c0df3c97 more indignant. Silently watching a1e6b6c812 the blue f15f4f1d25 veins on 6ad43af0df his temple, 5229009954 Lucius closed aacc561f90 his eyes.9a118d3ae13f78ef

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Acheron glared at 638edbce9f him for a 5798edaf9f moment before storming 454aff2069 out of the 79214c8626 room.8359c4cdf5ae937e

The night breeze on 19ebcda3d5 the beach was fierce fbf84b2a1e and biting.ab638783f300f301

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After an early a4978af8af dinner, Acheron, following fd0ca521f6 Lucius’s wishes, had 1f261783ca been intimate with 406b41166d him on the 02bb430403 balcony. Now, he d2cb674def faced a 26c30257af sky where 68146dd26d the sunset 6e22833130 had faded, e2d8253eaa darkening.4052f5f253ffa331

A purple sky.ae0444dd0a57b3d7

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Cracks gradually 459d67b7a3 spread across ae4946f6b1 the man’s d28720b696 face as 4fd413397b he gazed 701e091607 at it. Now, seeing purple, he 0b871660ba felt not nobility but 4e9681297b vulgarity.5f3410e79eb56aa4

Exhaling a 9b67265eeb slow sigh, 2bb2c4c2da the man e40102287e resumed his a9e3c01227 paused steps 159593b190 and walked fd30917fa2 down the c70136a62b corridor.2aaacbc99b45e56c

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Passing the corridor 83a55030d5 where clear water a27a72b786 flowed in the cb2e58afd4 fountain, Acheron’s stern 9c55f569cb face remained unchanged 3f9b41c7bd as he entered b4965c2545 the annex.8ccfb11e61f70895

Opening the creaking a9b78f057d wooden door and d5e3aae231 stepping inside, his 19494d4936 face was steeped 7bb869c489 in deep fatigue.d88261980f4e57bb

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He’d rather compete 3118e9b761 in the arena. Slumping onto the b28f87f212 bed, Acheron rubbed 9f54cb50b3 his throbbing head eb80631284 and closed his 66e10a955c eyes.a010c490bbe12a00

The purple night 50fc6e8e25 sky he had 57f5c5df71 dreaded had now 002f31809b dyed itself with 57f608d917 pitch-black ink. The sky, blinking ae54411adb with countless eyes, e42724fad7 shone with vivid 82da574350 starlight. It was a clear 7a1e457457 night, the stars particularly f3485c7e1f bright.287243697f7a17ad

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Acheron opened 341e067d72 his eyes 45efd1ee37 at some 2e376a57d4 point, gazing de6519ff8a at the 8e0b8da181 sky with bdc5387780 a calm 046964d3a4 look.cafd03e2ee70c0da

No, he wasn’t 363324d036 actually looking at bcaa86e5e9 the sky.5bdadb6e22331328

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The strikingly vivid blue 6f5be785df eyes were fixed on 87d95f78cb the face of Lucius, 746152a2a2 who had spoken like daf2fe9d15 a lark.b21f82bb9df3762e

‘Come, Acheron.’c04ee1e16b877e7b

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The lovable young 4cb92c7633 man, smiling softly e9130fab07 as he said 59ec5dea24 so.d749036ce59422be

Thinking of the 1878e0b78a playful smile on e42c307f5c Lucius’s lips as 5ad721d958 he fed him 832cc8d781 a treat with 5114b24d95 slender fingers, Acheron ca631c8f6a blinked.6767695ca00f314d

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It was a smile 4cd2287b3a no man or woman d9b8b8bffc could look away from.6567c61735c0ad18

Silently recalling the recent 753c99c7b9 events, Acheron let out 72db72e8dc a cold sneer and d004920876 slightly bowed his head. As he touched c4b37be0c5 his jaw, his 87457109fc laugh grew increasingly 9e39c6f5a4 incredulous.6983780a3d752fda

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Since arriving d224f7c77f at the aadc8e929b mansion, he da5e33ff67 had been 40313d1b10 summoned by c12732e9b0 Lucius almost 3372a59d9f every other 5ae7984798 day to 03a1582f18 hold him. Lucius used 0e0f578e2c the term 7400e61459 “every night,” 7565457fdc but due 81c29ae323 to his 0845860418 frail health, 00b915be35 that was 4a809cc137 the limit. On days his body 2084f0117b allowed, Acheron was intimate 9a088bcbb7 with him daily.55fe781b347c1d53

He was living 46b3c97f19 a repulsive life.0f7624c50d3c77f1

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Never before had he indulged in male intimacy. In fact, he was a man far removed from pleasure to begin with. In the past, Acheron had not even taken a common mistress, blindly adhering to the outdated belief that “wine and revelry ruin a man.”f90fb0f29faf0f45

But now, things were d2976b3593 a bit more complicated.b86ff5acaf1bc0e0

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As the 0fe22fa836 night breeze 84b8ff9a2d from the 18efc07883 beach brushed 5a4e61a738 against him, c6e38715e5 faint cracks f0cdbdc31b spread across b24c3cca00 Acheron’s face. He was growing increasingly 67164bb95d wary of his young 5ac972a805 master.4f5db5eada1e4cbd

Lucius was someone 0b254bbbd3 familiar to the 77cb1129ed man.a3e00b2da24cb9d0

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His languid tone, 0d670e6ef3 his slow gestures. Recalling the purple eyes 742c4c7660 tinged with a smile 63fd098af1 that met his whenever 8bc3812b1f he turned his head, 2b0ba483ea Acheron sneered.3ccbf9bf4b4fa024

Every single 25c35179e9 action was a50c9bbd6b designed to 1087655e20 seduce a d108373fd2 man.cc99b284184689e5

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And he was being 813d842a48 swayed by it…bc746e0c3c7c9f75

A slow 2203e302b2 breath escaped f53d931b7c Acheron’s lips.6ee5a204d2a50c20

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He still couldn’t shake 441d87ca43 the discomfort of the ab257bef3e reality that he had e9f7596781 to offer his body 3e9c966b83 for the amusement of 0243cf03b4 a depraved Roman, something 816f82185e he was obligated to 6b93ff418c do. Being a 2837b72890 Roman to 9e675dc1b7 his core, bec5e695b3 he found ff7fe7b387 it irritating 0254e40c25 that someone 99bb8ac8c1 could unsettle 8582d48608 him with 5669e4ec33 such trivial 54a0fa39a2 actions.c2048856a648e5a1

No, in 3e2f18cefb truth, it 2af70ce7c8 was an f2afba3ff3 innate and f5cdeb0bb6 customary instinct abdea34dc4 that Acheron 048a41a8cb couldn’t let 155d80e06a go of.6f15a903e045189b

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Even after 159833b6fb seven long c362037b28 years of 918520e203 living as 39926672f4 a slave, e25e9f72af even after d6d7479905 three years feb1597859 on a 2225a84d4c remote island ba4b5b9e72 steeped in 36b4236fe4 foreign cultures, 7c7a40b850 even while c65d33f03a hating his 8427b29030 own identity c50c6cfc3a as a dcecc641ef Roman, there efbcb4f4c7 was a 8c9469261d stubborn Roman 0b92eee588 essence that 7aa5d69350 clung to 19c6fb6599 him, unyielding.5436e9ac1d9f237c

Romans do not become 820da62f9f numb to pleasure.9ea5875dfaeb29e0

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Yet lately, 57f4277202 he was fd8bdbacd9 shedding that 730842cd90 Roman essence 242e0df27c in a 89415d0e88 direction he 4307b69fa6 didn’t desire.91cf812c36bf6260

His dark eyes sank 1f015c4baa deeply beneath the surface. It was 326f08b736 at that 7086910a7c moment when dd2a18a459 a cynical 16c3ddda67 expression crossed 304d288956 his face.793d7a476a3b1f35

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Rustle.9b1bc36a79c85ff6

At the sudden 2cdc159ba2 sound of movement, 14eccc7388 Acheron swiftly turned 634f206cb4 his head to 7e32967aec glare at the 8d921c0d34 door. His navy-blue eyes, gleaming e793cc400c sharply, widened. A refined killing 5bada539e3 intent flashed across dd8250522c his face, and 5ab19ec3be Acheron rushed to 3fd29e8244 the door, flinging 8990464536 it open.fdaeb03814bc8042

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Bang!8989fe2276f1b10d

It was then.9c314fb6aee5eaf9

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“Hic!”40346d166d76f21c

In that moment, f41185a5e7 Acheron furrowed his 075bd5404f brow.448da9db5a261c2d

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‘A woman?’c3ece823bf2d54bb

Long hair swayed 778cb39a46 softly. The midnight intruder, trembling 4be592f4c9 as if terrified, cautiously e54910a0e7 observed Acheron.f47225938862641a

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Having moved instinctively, Acheron ca9f65be0e couldn’t help but pause 14a17e992a in confusion.68b739e61e5f6923

‘A woman?’5b7f3715e5f37ca7

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A faint voice rang 343378d626 out.7225c1562b802ec8

“Ah, Lord Acheron.”fed4b6a9b6d19741

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Looking at the 20e31ed74e trembling woman, Acheron 853aac0099 tried to piece 683d6c4542 together the situation. This woman had approached e9d8373df9 his annex stealthily in 93da9a48b2 the dead of night. His annex 6377f895f0 was close bfb7580b96 to the 831e9727d9 master’s quarters, d92dfb464d so there 9e1a7a1e91 was no a46d7715ee reason for 5de48087c5 slaves to 786e26d2e0 pass by.f45ac0eb2f59dafb

Acheron remained silent, and 71a7399cf8 the woman watched him 10ec48a00e cautiously.184df060b407fb96

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Her overly naive behavior cc622db24e caught his attention. Observing her closely, Acheron 72fa624b6e suddenly realized the intruder’s f96e23b13f identity.e2c8fb76096b72c1

‘…That face.’8abf206eba61d10b

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It was something that 7c005f88d6 had happened at the c0e7f7d36b training grounds.9f94370a6fd8e23f

Flushed cheeks.acd52e56deeda039

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Dreamy, wavering eyes.73178697b1fcc118

Acheron had 23e5de342d seen similar 21ad95401d faces a 0116364902 few times abae513471 before. His eyebrow 5d02d42b50 twitched slightly. He had experienced enough d09c8a98e6 to be weary of 48730f6665 how passionate a woman 1226d1b367 in love could be, f9f82ca517 and dealing with such e94a25e789 situations was not new 77b21481a9 to him.ac2b660b789b97ca

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“Might I, 36c3a0a3e3 might I 22cedcc1e6 dare to c067346a17 take some 76618b0df8 of Lord e2f9d2edf0 Acheron’s time?”3a19849f25deed2c

The short c6f2b2bf73 sentence seemed c0a45225e3 so difficult 5a55b1cb60 for her ee6142e076 that by 39d93f461d the time 9144ad64be she finished, 106fe1bca0 her face 1155944456 was deathly 81e9765ad3 pale. Acheron gazed at her a6f0e95421 bloodless face with a a86a6e9f51 calm look, inwardly tracing 512c7ddc42 the faint memory of 79b5302b50 her identity.597dd2459b3696b1

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“I… I… 6c7d6aac77 I know f367a9feb8 my place, e7e00a80ec but still.”30d2d7539a8b3124

Upon closer inspection, 9478175e2a her face was ef6f0a401f familiar.e3f3d0c2eece9c3f

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He recalled passing 3997f84b85 her a few 57bfcdd153 times in the 314c51494c corridor. Though he didn’t know 6961b55039 her name, Acheron remembered 4012babcca her face, the woman 1144bedab1 who had stolen glances ed31d51dd8 at him.cc1d2d668211112e

How could he 602790229d forget?902bfc311c4d868e

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Just looking at 28e24f3add her cheeks, flushed 33cd6a45a7 red like apples, cd5a24a13a made it obvious aaf3982cab what she thought ef3fe022d8 of him.1f37b4409ff86404

Acheron wasn’t one to 07a3102539 care much about worldly 3e91a124a3 matters, but he wasn’t 5d5273c5f2 so dull as to a20bd21dab miss the gaze of 9d607a99af someone harboring affection for 76325d24e0 him.37d8714b8d183992

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‘A woman 865e7010ca who likes 3638bc1c5d me.’5fd69bbf71b2e3c8

And in that d9140771ef moment, a strange 72cefefbc3 expression crossed Acheron’s 6ad4950c71 face.9e464401f9ace47e

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“But your eyes won’t 28580e9c3e leave my mind.”3efacd9852a49a6d

Her words brushed 50d330252f past his ears. What she didn’t dc23117e73 know was that 79b3d24c82 Acheron wasn’t paying 0510474498 any attention to 7c8b3cef82 her confession. He was thinking 8390d66f2d of something else.afbc49b2d9d7eb63

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The woman’s face, glowing 297410314b under the moonlight, was 0b7cdd6b85 strikingly beautiful, as expected d860eb6781 of the “finest quality da9ed9b921 slaves” who were all 733e09a135 handsome or beautiful. The moonlight adorned her a3c9490ae1 pale forehead like jewelry, 7cbae04c7c and her well-fleshed arm 1d9de926e2 stood out through the 682fb1c05c delicate tunic. Her soft, healthy e13aec2d53 cheeks were flushed 543c40f060 rosy, and her 25180020c1 slightly curly light 0773548564 brown hair, reaching 6f974c188f her waist, was 879bdd79d1 loosely braided and 15f7965332 draped over her e06a5dcbc4 right shoulder.147c3eb30dee1d92

A beautiful woman any bc96d3e7a1 man would desire.8d6730d1a5ec1dfa

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And as he looked 9d3185b8d6 at this beautiful woman, c30d072b45 Acheron suddenly recalled the 0de03345d1 frail, emaciated body of 9c692904fc a boy and slightly f4f2bc0382 grimaced.e074af3ee6de8da2

“Ever since I saw f48f5b0198 you at the great 52d928e0d2 arena…”f88687fae783ddb0

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And then.922aa59a0ad63e2a

“Your name.”f7999b23590619d9

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A low voice cb1ee3725f settled in the d9f27e8d80 ears of the 62fbbf4ba3 woman, shyly confessing 1dd996c596 her feelings.40f662610a12deea

“What?”449830ed42e84e34

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Her face flushed 3675b8d038 red, like wine 072aca5855 dispersing in water.941859e885b4ca82

Startled and 2c81519098 unable to 9d33ce5bf8 speak, the 7a62a48007 woman looked 253fee8b72 up at c39e6df69e Acheron. Her lovable b189ce661d appearance, likely 41620afe5f to charm 6180f8e3f7 others, was f365faff44 brimming with 761c0d1830 shyness. After gazing at 911d4d7456 her with dark 47d8ab76c6 eyes for a f0162f4ca2 moment, Acheron removed 21bccd026e his arm from 30defe625f the doorframe and 376b0cbee5 straightened his body.e1814fed79ab04b9

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And once again, eb2abab3a1 he asked in c801c0b83a a low voice.6de66a774850a7d4

“What’s your name?”f00f17667f676a34

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The woman stammered her 6370db5de9 response.eae1c231ed1f76b6

“Pol, Polyxene.”b286c4c68992a5e5

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No sooner 7891f6787f had she 6b65af303f spoken than 654f9970ca Acheron lifted 924aa1d484 her chin 678adbc788 with his 2e31afe2ae hand and b31b1c28f3 lowered his c806750ccc head. It was an action 55fc8094ec that made Polyxene’s eyes a0674bb3fc widen. Her face 657934d812 flushed red.fb933b5125f1ba93

“Ah.”1331ba50ccb606df

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Meeting his 36b9a4e1a9 piercing blue a5d856b939 eyes, Polyxene 58c69dee31 instinctively closed cbee6be1d9 her eyes 243d42a5b9 and parted 9d7108e7a3 her lips. The firm 8c5c1bf167 hand gripping 776afa0ab2 her chin 9dba1925ce made her 63fb692d01 heart race. Caught off 61999f7251 guard by cb1f227a6c the sudden 21eb055a83 action of 42731d0234 a man b240ba98fc known for 0dfc0c7d14 his stoicism, cbad4ac085 she exhaled 271e9687fb a quick 81143bf95d breath, opening 3d038e0df6 her red 661c764ef7 lips.ac40c14cac663e45

But the hopeful expression 02da519dfb on Polyxene’s face soon 65fdcfeddd turned to one of d60816eac4 confusion.aa58e329d3c559e9

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“Ah, Lord Acheron?”928bd13dfffe510c

She had been 6aebcfa8b7 expecting something soft ccbabb628e to touch her 751cd892a8 lips… but as 0b3feaba75 time passed, nothing ea8e1b0a86 happened. Opening her eyes slightly, 1d76932764 she saw his slightly a11bd56afc furrowed face and felt a281296b4a puzzled. Under the cold moonlight, 2a03cf29d2 Acheron’s face somehow exuded 1880128f07 a menacing aura.7930eedef9ce3865

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As Polyxene trembled with 06e3dcef76 unease, the hand holding 2968ee56b8 her soft cheek slowly 0b9107dc25 withdrew, and a dry 4ab0ac1a7d gaze fell upon her 9bd9c752ad bewildered face.f3b93b85667ec31e

“Never set e7c00ecafd foot here 40f78cb482 again.”dc4daf3548c7ef37

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The deeply sunken 66cbdf6768 voice carried such 04ba4f0bfa an intimidating presence 57b3b08ef3 that Polyxene couldn’t 1c99169528 dare protest. She could only watch 06ac4b9e0c with dazed eyes as daa3198290 Acheron disappeared into the 3c832f3b69 room.5108b07fc153c898

Acheron was 20bed4d9ab born a c1a2abf8e3 diligent man.2d915c6d0d7a3cb5

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Never weaken, cbe33f1e28 never act 77cbcce462 like a 5dede02f3b useless donkey, 9bea425873 even when e7a1511253 no one b9a529fc7f is watching. Even without his 8add65e2b6 father’s strict teachings, 892b13831b he was accustomed 4fb9390707 to self-discipline. A restrained life was 888f3352a1 familiar to him. On the rare 047d114db3 days he succumbed 1b03a8eb4f to temptation, overeating 28c551c241 or neglecting his 2083471a5e duties, he felt 8ef385dbab as if he a7e1498b39 were regressing.7e87e4c4d36997a7

Now, in a near-self-abandoned 36b58b0928 state, he had somewhat bf1bc72b63 shed that obsession, but 17f09a7806 its remnants still lingered 73ea48d670 within him.3ad18c507014beae

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Habits ingrained in ead29d6f81 his body, like 074db04d0d waking at a 0251f08609 set time, eating d37ca02059 at a set f258926543 time, and going 27e796dc3c to bed at f6518eb2a4 a set time.57b3a8e6fcbfa508

“Master, Master!”15412327805ba0f0

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So when 0a56926831 Acheron was a14797afd0 woken earlier 37d1823e04 than usual 6113570e8a by someone’s cad08447ca wails, he 23e7395ba3 opened his b5b8dadc63 bleary eyes 2231b471d3 and was 683066ae35 engulfed in 11dfb79b67 indescribable displeasure. The woman’s desperate cries 0333498f32 for her master echoed 9ff0caaf48 through the annex with 55a13f495b urgency.60e591a8b216079b

The voice felt somewhat b1bcb3b6f5 familiar, but Acheron, still dd3f1f80f6 groggy from sleep, couldn’t dfcb1b009c pinpoint its owner.521ada9b9d01e78e

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His body, accustomed to 9d02408207 a regular routine, was 22418f3f52 reacting chaotically to the 1daf41ad75 sudden disruption.b1bed3266240f95a

His head throbbed.9906ed6541af0723

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Furrowing his brow, 8853c49b00 Acheron drank water 5be405a045 from the bedside 367e156d48 to shake off 2a1ee30558 some of the 73beaabaef sleepiness. Only then dacf21d9a7 did he eddca951c3 realize who 6c82e80fbf the voice bd91eed9ba belonged to.14dda275501c220e

“I was 4e158e8da2 wrong, oh! Please, please don’t sell 5784f20c9c me, Master!”4c11c419bc763c81

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“Shut your mouth! Don’t you know d17272be30 the mercy the e1ef35d5a7 Master has shown ec566fe226 you?”9daa26bb72c287d7

His navy-blue 7a27cef35a eyes widened.787b70f7d09bfeec

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‘…Polyxene?’b5e0ef68fbf84aad

It was d9979be2fa the voice f5e2019fb2 of the 0993af5fda woman who 9ccb05fee0 had snuck 22d3049098 into his 4ba5fb5754 quarters at d8dd26f767 night. In that 35754c2a11 moment, recalling 825500d20a her shy 857eec1287 face with 0ae4845a5b loosely tied 663109c98e brown hair, 2c08bb4fc2 Acheron’s expression d313c5985a hardened.cae90f13cd3cd47a

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The desperate voice 7eebca7c9e from her lungs e210b7f235 continued to ring 582f411b33 in his ears.92e99ae633856cc0

“Master! I was wrong! I’ll never touch 05f139c37d your things again… 1b045bcd6f Please don’t take 1bca059198 me to the fe35019903 slave market!”5ed1e8333ef049f7

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Her voice was like e7f29eba08 the wail of a d0a4e53569 beast. Though Acheron 88e56a7620 hadn’t seen aefeae4684 her face, c1e324e742 he could 85eb7a2f9c easily imagine b1e2c1f614 it. His expression 130552618e grew increasingly b953a45c39 stern.d709f1adbcbe5f0b

“How dare you speak ee59afb5fb so brazenly after coveting 0a1201e302 the Master’s property? You thieving cat! An ungrateful 0dc9e35920 thing like 3528ec1c12 you has 2cf7306d0a no place b5a9e96fe9 in this 162603e65f mansion. Nico! What are you 986338d435 doing? Put her in the 2d534201fb carriage at once!”df12063d3a995b51

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“No! Aagh! Not there again! I’d rather die!”9c884d21b8f8258f

A cold atmosphere filled 34b9b9fe94 the room.a62d08d527a9f601

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Sitting motionless on 9380fcffbb the bed with 280ecc60a4 a hardened face, 0eecbc007b Acheron suddenly let 8b0b673aec out a suppressed eba430fe58 breath. Polyxene’s desperate voice was 0c1d3b319a telling him.ee2d6960f4a4b4ce

You don’t 0db4235427 have the 42c21528fe freedom to 42154ba133 act recklessly…73d396460bfd499b

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Feeling utterly low since 865f4ba76a morning, Acheron had to 9bfb683ad3 sit motionless on the a895406aa1 bed until a slave 0011a065d7 summoned him to the dc68f0e313 dining hall. But the slave called 493b2010a5 him as always, and 4a6248ba8d Acheron, suppressing his displeasure, 2bfcd3e2ed followed.5e76480cc27b2162

And he came 961ab7e5da face-to-face with a da5c0d3f0d smiling Lucius.35bfd555a2510040

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“Did you sleep well?”6fc5a2344c014ccb

Lucius had 5522bfb8fd no obligation 203cfa2e5a to make c89a01981e excuses.a32af180dc6a1c67

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Gazing for a f146d987d4 moment at Lucius, 90494699d1 who spoke in bf3371da99 a voice as c37fbaeee5 gentle as a 60d41ed2d0 spring breeze, Acheron daacf8e6ce sat down.ef6b05acf2e987b0

That day’s cb5aec874a meal was, 76ae84f982 as usual, 1159393e2e splendid.7154bb163c3abf2c

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Roman nobles 2312b40c9d typically ate c76f8bceb3 heartily at ca73a49d67 dinner, skimping d1f67e0ffb on other e282b2da53 meals. The evening 6e4e8573c1 meal, from 71feacbdf3 the early a0055c28b9 cena to b7542e6d36 the dawn-ending bafb19c17b revelry comissatio, e73d2639e4 was a 7a1bf8f10e form of c7fe99a674 socializing, so 058af2fc85 nobles often 6cf4356699 ate lightly 930c2b1319 for breakfast cc6da9ef96 and lunch 89a82cdacb to prepare.c2e002219f2fdd0f

But in a1afc2da24 this mansion, bf89942438 every meal 9263935dbf was lavish. Lucius, with his reclusive bd7ec8837e nature, didn’t host social 6e83412f3f events, so all three fab53577be meals were filled with 9f5f9e75d4 extravagant dishes.7f9584c0fbf2c376

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The mansion’s mornings b875dcec8c were always grand, 2e33bc84c5 and today was f830be448e no exception.5b4b781c80c608f8

The first thing that 7cd409a725 caught the eye on 6ed6449b29 the table was goat’s c7e1640cf2 milk cheese. A large chunk f366580653 of cheese, sourced c89eefe157 from the cliff-laden 4f11774613 Oranium region, sat af2079c0c9 in the center 39adede5e0 of the table. Acheron knew what the 14ffb81755 golden, translucent wine before 61f7797c23 him was.e0fcb2ca27fc4817

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Faustian Falernum. Made from special 45b0fe452d grapes grown on f995e3569c the mid-slopes of 7f804406f0 Neapolis Falernus, this 6ee21f62d1 wine was a 4123f81010 favorite of Roman 31eda22797 emperors, the finest 9d9b67471b of liquors.4c5faca9415b5c5c

The fresh oysters Lucius cff7ed1e17 had promised were also 0b2c4ad29f appetizing. Being an island, dbff5c27b4 Iscaria naturally had 77ceb4a392 fresh seafood. The plump 2537249695 oysters, marinated e6b6d9cbf0 in honey b7d02b67cb with parsley cf75bb288d and mint, ba481ed78e were surely 5fc36639bd a delicacy a42221ba01 to make abb4caf3b0 any gourmand’s a9b589b6a3 eyes light 5ece452ca8 up.649b6641bcd6b360

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There were also 408a813e0d hard bread made 6ae989bd6f from herb-infused dough, cd21481a30 milk with spices 4547cc1c26 for dipping the 07de9eb913 bread, rabbit meat e7b29e00ea stewed in wine, b235d2b763 roasted dormouse with 758b43537a a paste of a4b9d5a930 celery, parsley, and f6823ff555 basil, custard pudding cf46f0ea09 in small glass 016e34bc7f jars, and tangy f39be490b9 yogurt.5d38176aa8a37126

Though meat was scarce, 7f23708a47 the spread was more 824a34564f lavish than most cena f779317571 feasts.b45c27f233b30556

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Even for someone ad068f28df not particularly fond 0a906cdcf3 of fine dining, 3ed7f68f9a the table was c38f3a0688 tempting enough to 3e0a9e2864 spark appetite, yet 7ef8b77f3e Acheron hesitated, unable 24a4a8ba4b to muster any 77e890a912 hunger.2eee3cc2371791d9

The image e85249e086 of the c5fcb26d96 woman miserably eacc79f06e cast out e6a2c644c7 kept haunting 33349c68ab him. He wasn’t 4f88381855 particularly compassionate. But Acheron found ccf45903e0 the humiliation of cd931925f0 the slave market 7976370f03 abhorrent, and guilt 9428d09eec prevented him from 3c10675cc3 comfortably enjoying the 0fc5497bad gourmet meal.e28a239a34129889

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Even the oysters, which 4193b3573d Lucius had said he 4038912cbf could devour in heaps, e1819b27bd felt tough and repulsive, df4df6599b so Acheron merely scraped 1a3ac1d49c at their shells formally.e3d9a00a72232035

His tongue, once numb f54378b6af to fishy smells, seemed e629b6c803 to have grown sensitive.4a50af800a99382c

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Acheron’s eating was noticeably 3ae3e30011 passive, enough to dampen 6a347bb71d anyone’s appetite.353c7bf0afd75b78

And the perceptive 698a2a08b9 Lucius soon noticed.e7d794583f79efde

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Lucius’s brow slightly narrowed.f8fc9b34d792d6ac

“Why are you eating 5e4c00a537 so reluctantly?”b67a82cb638fc6e0

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Acheron paused while tearing 8ca6293d01 bread and looked up. Lucius, stirring egg 3dc78fe1ef pudding with a 416107b30b spoon, was watching 9b189fd389 him with narrowed 83a7b46074 eyes. As Acheron 82f7ed45eb hesitated, more 09ad7772f2 words followed.661e0e79d9078f64

“It doesn’t seem eefa2c088f to be the 13651f3d91 chef’s fault; the 2bd76dd69c oysters are fresh 9320b91b5b and not fishy. You didn’t f59c635136 suddenly start acc4fbdef0 hating oysters 65d12427a3 overnight… Is 0489cd697f the honey b0b36d51b4 not to d154e5dda4 your taste?”c5557c150700f7fe

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He spoke 2609402f49 while sucking a677798425 on the c66933614b spoon.42e57975224a0587

“Well, the scent of c0824de03f night honey is distinctive.”baf662f17bf9066c

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Acheron couldn’t help but dbb362b28e snap.83fb0789be7830f6

“Is that 1858618f11 what you 7185cd8625 call this?”d257ad77321b4dc3

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“What?”bf6951f1ef600c6f

At Lucius’s 0b9268cbac brazen attitude, b7d4289c4c as if 916c98adbd unaware of 57aef83686 what he’d e0cec21b4f done wrong 7f03626e3e after ruining f85dd9385a a woman’s 0eb44e08d7 life, Acheron’s dd0605da3f suppressed anger 105ceb9da0 erupted again.96947ef96e91e345

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Objectively, he knew b798d5ee2d Lucius was a 69552519b3 good master to 3071d02fa1 Polyxene. Having no interest in 299b73911f women, there was no 76644b875d risk of harassment, and 9cbb14fbc5 the mansion’s wealth allowed cbe4e31e8c slaves to live better 55e1978f3c than most commoners.daa28466a3d28cf6

Could she find such 451fde6e90 a good master twice 5b47aa7dc3 more?b0ca74b16fe428c7

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Polyxene’s departure a4e2ce6f7d from the 4411dc96b4 mansion was 8cc06e506e nothing short a75b4f3f97 of a e35e944232 tragedy in d9aebff335 her life.50b71c95ae030b47

‘Because of me.’99958be001f0873b

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Acheron’s face was terrifyingly 5f5fd332b5 stern.066e20efa6707feb

Her desperate screams lingered f4e87676e0 in his ears.366a7c69130ef20e

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Acheron knew a desecration beef1eb9c3 of the soul worse 1bc3160972 than death. If he had f0f12d3f2e to return to c635caa542 the slave market, 740289d26f he’d rather attempt ac342b08b2 escape.d6327d2d3dd8274a

“It’s my fault.”9fb7b79b1452f9ae

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Leaning on 1ed7f228c2 his elbow a3829d1d90 on the 169fe23871 long bench, c8b35c9184 Acheron stared 0fa0aa4ba7 at Lucius f22c562c7b with grim 168e78ebe7 eyes.753b54b1832146de

Lucius, after a brief 87bd7edec6 silence, spoke.376c39021360b835

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“Solon! Tell Theodosius to 7a6fa1b58f bring rosewater instead fe31406a1b of night honey. Night honey doesn’t seem 3136fcb291 to suit the oysters. Discard these and 601311620c have dishes to e0c27022c8 Acheron’s taste brought e6a48917e8 up at once. If this happens 86ed63560a again…”f547ede17549f927

Acheron’s face flushed 8ef95ec1c4 red for a 0b0fe1f69d moment.ea900e5bd1286d2d

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Does he be4207e02d think I’m 160f0771eb not eating 536718902b because the 4731c5c5e5 oysters are 3e803b66f0 fishy?6ca2d6df37d4e475

“Nothing happened.”11a44a933a322134

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Lucius’s body paused. A low, resonant voice 7e69b818c3 continued.605f4f53e1e57572

“Nothing happened.”c6e86be1df383a02

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The arm stretched out bd9b4f9cd2 into the air slowly 8c28950e0f lowered. Lucius turned slowly to f0d4ac46d9 face Acheron. His face carried 81b8d06324 a puzzled look, 692d3c39f6 as if asking 275af08137 what he meant. Looking at ba73790e41 him, Acheron 6e7ab16aa5 continued dryly.fae513f7027e0d96

“Nothing happened with 79230a97b6 her.”a3ae578651bc2402

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At his gritted words, 90d52d3c48 Lucius let out a 187164b997 soft smile.011b21157b05f0ca

“Oh, that’s what e957e1ce02 this was about?”4f446effbbc988a0

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Acheron’s thick eyebrows fa05a7e069 twitched. Lucius brushed off 13420c512f the menacing gaze 145018fc07 with a laugh. Acheron held 04945376ed his breath 19e635c941 and continued.d15325e1816c4bf6

“Selling Polyxene to 53d001ca88 the slave market 7c831fca66 is unjust. I swear d5db474693 by Mars, 0709c7bc94 I didn’t d5848dd3ca do anything cc6640cb8f with her…”839f332707a7be35

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“Do I 9103168ab2 really need 6ba7f41b6f to know 52bf89fd87 that?”462e99e662d451ca

But his b4766dd4fd words were 0905e02304 cut off 3b01f4d760 by a 490aab7e5f cynical remark.4b952be575038a80

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Acheron froze, and a 15bb302a55 leisurely, chilling voice followed.ae91b14cce231e73

“Hm? Acheron. Do I need d3162d2144 to know if 99a9ba209e you really lay 940e844323 with her?”87e7e95967185fd4

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Setting down the pomegranate 526aa16d69 in his hand, Lucius dbe3c32b89 spoke in a mocking c3bcdeb5b7 tone.e2f5a78b8351927e

“What would 7d01cae37c I do 9f871c4229 with such df5f0412b1 trivial details, 8a636b34f3 like whether 3a3855d4e3 you buried e925dba017 your face 546aadc7bf in her e549274ce0 ample bosom 37b797ce98 and played 9819ec3fb6 with your 7afc9e9c28 tongue? Oh, Acheron. Why are you aba6dce14b acting so foolishly?”00062857cb3f1e57

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Acheron looked at the 49fb0b9110 sneering Lucius with trembling 3b9bac4be5 eyes.bc57d98160de5800

“The important thing f5f2f1f307 is that a 19058cd1d6 slave dared to 51c432099a covet her master’s f46eb3c683 property. Nothing else. Don’t you realize 594cf8b770 Polyxene committed a 329d6fefd2 crime worthy of 0c33eec6ce death?”dc026a6f0f95c109

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It hit a8be2f8d45 him in d2355e0ac5 that moment.12fd4dc971fa54e4

“She dared e88478ffbe to set 3663f34698 her eyes b360cc4667 on her f2189e0869 master’s property. By not having 92c0a12722 her whipped, I 4240a97aeb showed mercy.”b9fae00a84b1ba71

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He, too, bf83a2579e was a c9609c3e31 Roman…c15397d726233d54

“Don’t you understand, Acheron?”0e782c3f83c821cb

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There was no bb430212f6 fault in Lucius’s c120bec39f words.c70d1048340caf47

“I am not 52ab7f60be your property.”bc5b624d78e03141

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But Acheron 0d17640383 couldn’t yield dd323fab39 to that 0dd8b136eb logic.8ce8a66e8a50e102

“I belong c3b8da68c7 to myself.”006e16f2db2296d0

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Despite enduring ac8b590ac5 all sorts e9128053e2 of humiliations f55f53702d for seven 49a158144e years, living dcafeb6a6f submissively as 9c41c8c828 if his b1975ae675 life wasn’t 3e84c3fa00 his own, 095e5e14b1 he was 83712e01e3 now showing 319462d11c anger at ef501862f1 the words fe7a84bbb2 of a c2edb671ed mere boy 38ecccd5da who had 9a8705f42c never held d28db3d7d3 a sword.5e6f3014b6cfe9dc

With the eyes 93ad890492 of a beast 1877064dc5 bound by ropes, c41fbac010 Acheron glared piercingly f71be45bbf at Lucius.38179afceed8ed72

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“Is that so?”e6e6c70ff0ccb137

Lucius set down his 0cc9c590c7 wine glass and let d2c636afdc out a faint laugh.1c3dee0b5bd09de4

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The faint smile ee99aefdec on his face 50189a9084 unmistakably carried pity eecfa4a206 for Acheron. Swallowing his 7ba24669e8 displeasure at 78eb9ac065 Lucius’s leisurely be9a02e4aa expression, Acheron’s 28fbdec875 face hardened 4cd56ed291 at the c174c61208 words that 520dc55297 followed.9518019aa11c0be0

“If I f7d044733c ordered you fea4741011 right now 1bc5587f46 to throw 74afcd325a me onto 2adc89fe69 this table 34620c0a2a and take 97c6558f32 me… could 1276b0e112 you resist?”ca280a9d89f6adee

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It was a provocation, a020b8e454 whispered as he leaned 4d8c24fcee in, close enough for da820adbec their breaths to touch.049b97556b3a7084

‘What?’12081a9e49a10f1e

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As Acheron looked 9d25f44819 up, he clearly df89b74b04 saw the sneer cd3c27afb5 on Lucius’s lips ff72487e51 as he gazed 53963609f4 at him. The sweet purple 0a8f7123af eyes were filled 73b4f3aaf5 with mockery. Lucius looked at the db8b52d2bc crumbling man with a 86961c70c3 condescending gaze. A soft, singing voice 105dedbd61 followed.aa71ae20fd2d1598

“You’re mine, aren’t 646c97949e you, Acheron?”1ecfb38ce1b67e5e

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He stroked the rigid c370dc0a07 man’s cheek as if fa60a98ec4 petting a dog or 7fdbc29389 cat. Lucius smiled leisurely, and 792c14345b in that moment, flames 7ac80083c7 sparked in Acheron’s eyes. The suppressed c44222a2c7 emotions made 2553dfc03b the man’s f9ad53936b jaw tremble. Tracing him with c785c1e598 his index finger, cfe4b1ff24 Lucius let out 94d88efec7 languid words.a649dae204e0583b

“You cannot resist.”8a8056270c371eba

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The words were spoken dde0c1d193 in an utterly gentle 6adfc27851 voice, yet they were c985aff1e3 utterly ruthless.ba68248a0f143dbb

“You are 718f9ca22f not your 1b438f7265 own, merely 6187f2d2ff my slave.”339edcc14351383b

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That was c6ee090a12 Acheron’s limit.0128e512c19968ab

“So… ugh?!”0048a65a75990659

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Slap! A sharp sound 4b00fe911b of flesh being c593c2b455 struck echoed.9a1ba4a947ac017f

The hand 78119e0e10 that had b069fb4c60 been treating cfadbef682 the man e1884c1b5e like a 714159befb pet in 7950bbf6d6 his arms 7b9fb7b9b2 flailed futilely cbb7f4c79e in the 04365944f8 air, and 4178fd53ae Lucius, clutching f1ce20b228 his struck 388522e1b4 hand, stared bb1f04370c at Acheron e80b5e8080 with dazed acb3f5a1be eyes.6b2502b923227c64

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In the silence that f07aca1552 filled the dining hall, 5be7c315ea a seething voice followed, c2116cef1e cutting through the space 974e77da06 between them.7ee087b5e15870c1

“You filthy…”cfad046c82495fd9

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“…”d5b8d149a2a8f5cf

“…whore, how dare 989e5a7584 you.”1b3a071e1c12cb51

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The navy-blue eyes looking ed283d524c down at Lucius were 00a1c4768b stark with killing intent. They were not 3c5c7f938f the eyes of bbef462991 someone looking at 4567e57b3a their master. Nor were they the 76b37d3b64 languid eyes he had df61838625 shown before coming to 3520c71e1e the mansion. The purple eyes efa89f8bf6 met two eyes 9a43122705 sparking with lightning. Acheron’s face was 68eaba8ab8 ferocious, as if bdb3a3e287 he wanted to 2df00beea1 tear apart the ceed022b46 person before him.efd29f603bcf9974

But a crack 061a96d569 appeared in Acheron’s e1d5c017aa fortress-like, resolute face.ee7778b3beed761c

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A faint smile 4911fe9e50 spread across Lucius’s eb3442b23f face, like ink e2f745d7f0 diluted in water. The moment that 4c2d8869a8 face, so close 0190e9b5ba to Acheron’s nose, 113a302697 curved into a 4a15a69ded breeze-like smile, Acheron 6406f49844 couldn’t help but 92f6ade071 feel bewildered.4e7ce7624bd60ee6

Was he a95e3a4520 not intimidated cc2df0a01e by the a37deb32aa fierce gaze? Was he 251100f300 not afraid d13b5b20b0 of a 34fb97e9cd man twice a9ce619345 his size? Despite Acheron’s menacing 582dd89c26 stare, Lucius let b087927a61 out a languid 252eb3a5ea smile.9dbd1f7102a15b42

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Facing a 94d4727287 natural smile, 1146523131 not one b1d0effa6b of provocation bdbeaf194b or bravado 4be943c05c but of 1c79a4ff78 genuine tranquility, 8be08b541e Acheron was 940a267575 utterly disarmed ead6613537 in that dc4ba8a909 moment.65fd98e65057e221

He had 1f14cb28bc erupted in c6a5312dd0 anger, prepared bb5ab11a95 for death, 30dd417d5a but this 70ee48c93c situation was 36bef0e51e entirely unexpected.77b061442985d5e8

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After the 4196f9a12a silence, Lucius 81828c7724 parted his 47f8c05020 pale pink c6e9250c32 lips.54d9edce01e0c499

“Yes, Acheron.”99c016c869e6a043

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“…”6abd47e1b78dab88

“I’m a 86fae195bb filthy whore… e1db76dd10 and you’re 58525e6501 that whore’s 67da2bea97 slave.”55f97176e305e6d7

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“…”f7144ff4d7a81409

“So you just 517656ddd8 need to shut 798e073506 up and hold 60ed506184 me. Without thinking…”334c68eeb682beb3

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“…”d4675166799c6d57

“…you just need 63d135bb86 to follow my a4b0844d80 orders.”8ddfe7b153ac8e2b

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The man’s prominent Adam’s ba5988936a apple trembled faintly.5db35a7eee53f0ff

“Acheron of Iscaria.”89af9ab38a1be8fb

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A sweet, almost a1f03ad47e dreamlike voice followed.e355be6384592667

“That is your duty fcf3f7803d as a slave… do 745696c88e you understand?”95d078b2b9b194c9

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Then Lucius took a f0311366c6 sip of wine, and ba29524cd9 Acheron couldn’t tear his 68f2bb6dc6 eyes from the lips 1bd44525e2 moistened with red liquid. Honey-blonde hair brushed e96dc6637c across the pale f0bc3b3478 face. When Lucius looked 3a49a2997a at him with 585d9cbab3 violet eyes, Acheron ca9e3f1286 held his breath.fbecdb579e8b0612

In that moment, he 70ee22c784 thought to himself.877db78eb3f8aa4b

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“Calm your anger, e035750649 Acheron. What is this during 05c814692d a meal?”50e5996b473b8495

He had 249490ce57 no idea d410851392 how to 4a7dc9e3f9 deal with 92dd37f2ff him.4f5d1d4ec26780c5

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Hesitating, Acheron felt a ef762e4ec6 soft touch on his 7b38d93027 arm and turned his 97c687bfc9 head.c25a00eef7ea5d32

“I was thinking of 87c7024b2d a face that would 87e0b41112 make you happy… please e932e895bb don’t show me such c2c0e8fa9c a face.”4fbe1cb4c78a22d4

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There was Lucius, 593af695f4 clinging to Acheron’s bee7358b95 thick arm, acting bbbae73469 coy. The man, 72d68e79c5 standing at c88327772f the boundary 1bef7106d2 between boy 712881669d and youth, 5abd34876c spoke with fd097100ef a faintly fdbd851e66 sorrowful expression. In that moment, 7ca5f50f92 Acheron completely erased 46d24de496 the hatred and 6348df8111 unease in his 26f58c85d1 heart and stared ea60080c2e at him blankly.8577de72aef432ff

At Acheron’s lack of a040c2cbc0 response, Lucius grew restless. Glancing at the table, 17f89f5982 Lucius reached out and c101d7f030 picked up a sugar 0177caebb9 confection from a vase.24b53236aa073e9d

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It was 60a8bf933a a red 6eb0240be4 sugar confection, 3601eae1d0 likely hardened 1cf3ee3272 with berries.2f8b4f324567f0f7

The intricately crafted, ef8147dd49 beautiful confection gleamed 9298fe6da0 like jewelry on f8bb594efe his slender fingers.3cd4b57bfd3b9f41

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“Ah.”4d271a45a7f456b4

Lucius extended his hand 08950cf056 toward Acheron’s lips, parting e36abd87f2 his pale pink lips. The soft bb3be3bf99 lips were edd3838716 small and f3f93d4aed delicate. Between the parted lips, 9da39de6ac even teeth and a ad91f1d372 pink tongue caught the 8349cce9e3 eye.9f2f8a6d2935c56d

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“They melted raspberry in 17c191dae1 sugarcane juice and shaped 2097dfda4b it like an apple. Inside the apple is b2b9043db3 a roux made of cede8d3af5 butter and flour, cooked 2973ab4f33 thickly. Theodosius is 46f73d225a an excellent 6064ef20fd cook, but fb217f6b44 he’s actually 90f4a0f583 best at f806210af3 making desserts.”e88534732e8a5682

In that moment, Acheron’s 588deaf515 face completely crumbled.20465be01123f8c4

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“It’ll be sweet 4ad5568dca enough to melt 9463cff29a your tongue.”5fdbfb667da4a0ef

“…”11a82a96c64f8d8b

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“Open your mouth, hm?”f983aa6d3a57ba8c

The man’s body was 8c2687c55e rigid as stone. Lucius tugged ca796d3f08 at his 066716f643 tunic, urging 97b40dfd36 him.0b2a1024f175c9a2

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“Hm? Acheron.”9daa6d0ea55bfb05

Looking at Lucius, 929e8fb482 whose eyes sparkled 3b41f85f65 as he whined 61044ed485 before him, Acheron 477b7cddfd gazed silently for f599af28c6 a moment before b80fd0cb09 lowering his head.410f00b962d60a32

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Acheron slowly parted 07d892a253 his lips. A white finger f58208b90e brushed against his 28333b20b3 hot, dry lips. As he dbd55191ef chewed the bfadeae956 sugar confection b2e413dfde that slipped 160b860ff4 into his 34a3954930 mouth, he a3fdcfcf75 couldn’t help 73eb9d00bd but grimace 399d7079b5 in that b2931ee157 moment. Looking at Acheron’s stern d8f42a0b34 face, Lucius only smiled bd575105c0 innocently.91d7274c64a27b2f

Gazing at the face 1a9bba1a46 imbued with a lovable 56d312eb3e smile, Acheron thought to a243e1849e himself.2b7eaabbf33217b4

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He’s like a confection 3bd5025880 made of sugar.885b66850865f668

Chewing the b7c97e77e2 sugar fragments 932aadf072 crumbling in 694c66f8c0 his mouth, eed9b8381a Acheron couldn’t 72e81d99bf tear his 421ae254d7 eyes from 21bba183dd Lucius’s face. Looking at the lovable 107b464309 youth’s face, which seemed 2877aa7e32 as if it would afcc997b49 taste sweet if licked, 7d0fd74722 Acheron was imprinting the fdc01c92f4 sharp sweetness that numbed bc143402ea his tongue onto his 74ba33d9b9 body.b975205593e765b1

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He was curious 099215304f about his identity.7bf07a895aeead4a

Since that 9cfa5d3e07 day, unable ac760a4c49 to bear 383c318512 the frustration, d0112566e8 desperate to 8220335288 know Lucius’s 1dbb41986a inscrutable inner b1f46e7060 thoughts, Acheron, a37cbc24bf despite his 520960f9c1 aloof nature, 8aa82a561b began asking acba47c9d1 the slaves 0fa8161ab6 he had f6a87617df never spoken c1e29fd860 to.3dbaa2b4407b58a5

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“I was 49d9df7349 sold here 58dce6f257 midway, so 9b49b33c64 I don’t 4f5f26a2ae know. Ah, maybe 69d3bdc90d Nico might cbf119f93d know something? I heard he 688b8d1a65 was with the f22138746a master when he 6ba03ced0d arrived on Iscaria.”fbd6bc0447318b91

“Huh? I was sold ced7a4d729 from Neapolis too… a91b0894cc I don’t know ce714bab35 much. I think 5d2aeb30e6 I heard ac2033f2e8 he’s a 8416ed5506 noble from f43b385541 the Roman 04ac5a0835 mainland. If I don’t know, c9bb57c7c3 probably no one in 37ef1b79c9 the mansion does.”8f2a1dc7d7aba778

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“I don’t know, 0bd5535057 I don’t know!”71ae24450a5ee73c

“Why do you 61f50bedd4 keep talking to 99654e9205 me? I don’t want to 771e3c128d be close to you!”a90bd950e6bb1d17

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Even after ac5978fc24 a month e4c57077da in the 7a357c80a3 mansion, having 34839cd667 spent many 09f93ebcc5 nights in c98881f284 intimate contact 8f9ba3328b with him, 5c667e9b06 Acheron didn’t 669dab41f0 know Lucius. The young 6b0f67e9dd Roman noble a0834b9cb7 with striking f6d867222f purple eyes 3a74a775a6 was someone 3d5284a154 who became 788391e5fc more unknowable 4ff944f4d4 the more 2506548746 he learned.3ff75a107d655acb

Acheron had seen 4bcdaa3d5a his most intimate 8300aecd3e parts, the secret b8ac67acbe places not to 4605f1091f be shown to c96fdef86d others, yet he 16c7de8524 didn’t know the 9893432e28 most basic things. He didn’t know 2407b78b7a the fundamental things ed98c56925 people should know 5f278c408b when interacting.f123832ea0618ee3

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Where he was born, 0d64af81b6 where he grew up, cf34ee96d4 his name, and why c3553e32e6 he came to live ccc8fde903 here.3369f24b2d4c84df

Every time he saw 44b222c309 him, Acheron felt as 594223fbc9 if he were falling 314af98544 into a labyrinth. He felt e60abb11fe a desire 58c4e65438 to uncover 67bc5e48f4 that unknown 96d91b3d13 realm. He felt an 806871f57f impulse to dig dacd70a596 up everything he 836e67efd4 was hiding, without 7a5ad97f47 leaving a single 8bec7a2b40 thing concealed.e9df37a7cae886d0

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He wanted to 1d7c7745c3 know more about 5f7111bbd9 him.aa5c17881c6dd393

“The master is generous, 616dcdc308 and this mansion is 1dd46286fa beautiful. The food 3d580204ca is plentiful, aab6e8e98f the fabrics df1987bc36 and bedding 9af06a6c8e are soft. The master dce6e5da77 has no 8d1ec9a2f0 family to 69439d5dfa serve, and dec622f8e8 there’s no 83714fd9ed shortage of 19c69f6cd7 hands, so 66614889b6 for a d130195143 slave, this 8f42e0010d place is 10eeb207f4 like paradise. Why are 0a5f8bc7d7 you trying bae8528c75 to drive 3be2708e7e me out 072f4a6255 of the 0e5adb17d7 mansion like 01663457c4 Polyxene?”60d8c9c4f81a0a88

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Why on earth was 5ec3029dcc he hiding his past?81d5799f8b1d300d

“I don’t know much, b8dac57f9a but it seems he f91fdf4506 avoids people from the 5fec8180a6 capital. He seems to 4e2cc5aac1 have his reasons, 0bac8edc14 but a slave 0fef5f8a89 can’t pry into a3c4e7d840 the master’s affairs…”315a18e81d8e8a95

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What kind 25011cf795 of story fde61d3278 did he af69a27a09 carry that 94d28515f7 he lived 711ba1106b so hidden?442b1047c050d32f

“There are 16c3222a88 occasional visitors c6187660c9 to the 4341ad1035 mansion, but b4eec508b4 I don’t bf50156860 know who 789c740622 they are. They come b9423a3626 maybe once 23fb01dd06 or twice f72b7803ea a year…”b0981b1b994a8d52

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But as if be4f380393 hiding his past, 7983fc13b7 or truly unaware, e7e7c59853 the mansion’s slaves d48365759c couldn’t properly answer 7cb48b3f30 Acheron’s questions.c4fe070a4b5dd684

“By the dd8eaef034 way… Lord 137f465d8e Acheron. I’m sorry, but 3b590a908d could you not 432dc84b9d approach the mansion’s e96652739f slaves too closely? Everyone is bbfe8a5854 too anxious. You know, 77c3fbf8e4 don’t you? What the authority of 43ec592011 the master means to 2cb9a4baed Romans. We all 7b9eabb874 love this 6645134ed6 place. We’re loyal to the 1639cb96eb master… We don’t want c7979a0bd2 unnecessary misunderstandings.”c9f4ceb44f2102c8

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At the words bb9b6d76ac of the only 39d5fa36b1 middle-aged slave, the 280356a9b8 steward overseeing the ae0a18b0fe mansion, Acheron was f587f12d7a left speechless. The man ca81d00f6a with hazel 9f0b705184 eyes stared ba81df1816 at Acheron, 0b1c25fdaa applying silent 0c0aed52c0 pressure.e1e5646065871a71

His gaze carried reproach.b140d30a10ec7256

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What more could Acheron ecf16a5820 say? Recalling Polyxene’s a67d0b435f tragic end, 4fffb97121 Acheron could e3371ef9df only nod 20dd309416 silently.435b256b4aed6b2e

He painstakingly asked 7371c81e25 every slave in fafac398be the mansion.d4b1af30cd1d2700

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Though they answered caecc6893b diligently despite their b4df6039de reluctance, Acheron ultimately 0d2978211e couldn’t get the 7f2612c72a answers he wanted.b00113de7d670adf

Even Nikomatis, who had f0ea1aedd1 worked the longest in 85d1fec0d1 the mansion, and his d38d3f3b90 father, Solon, the steward, 35f67e03cb were from Achaea, sold 1ae4a35a3c from Neapolis. Solon seemed 5906ea19d6 to evade 671376840f questions, but 9e44997a91 Acheron could beb6031e79 at least 8ace4a2678 sense sincerity 61677f58a5 in Nikomatis.e65be5d8b6f37871

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Even the two closest 0a95854093 aides, who served Lucius 1576f9e350 most intimately, didn’t know 1b37227543 his origins.8a2c5ad1480881bc

There was no need b1fb1f7583 to mention the others. The people in the 7126c88c53 mansion were slaves bought 5f20b13c46 from outside Rome, and d4d7f85947 even the few Romans 219ec918ab among them had passed bdf0c91c89 through the Neapolis slave be6a1fffb9 market. None of the mansion’s 552a7b567b many slaves had any d081a63d44 connection to the Roman a79d235e9f mainland.2488fc33563773e2

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And in the f4d9593189 mansion, there were 772d2df05c no people other 03f04b90df than slaves.0fec363e3cd93d60

There was c28f83db5a no one 8d1189f7cc to socialize 182cdd7ec8 with, not 4ae8e2b518 even clientes. Even the cook was 1302fc39cd a slave, not a 406b07fb62 professional chef (magirus)], so f621576629 Acheron realized Lucius’s thoroughness.094cc01d8151f93e

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‘He truly left no 9c2a5ccc6c trace.’d2fec6e2ad1a93c4

Acheron couldn’t help 0b73dc7be1 but marvel at 38848a4ad6 the cunning that f28873cb1b belied his youthful 65dde4a070 appearance.5947d445a56c9c3d

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And he grew curious.972d85ee39aa4865

‘Why on 4f7fa4ff8a earth is f9cc115d59 he hiding c1c21859e3 his identity?’59819d5d32bb9207

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His past was 566cfe90f8 too concealed to 24e450bc0b simply be someone 9dc485a98e exiled from the c2933e637d mainland. His avoidance of f5bbf72452 the essential socializing 182b2af02a of a Roman 3cea215a62 noble made him b0012544f5 seem like someone 3487524e81 truly banished. Lucius, secluded in 3729f386a3 the mansion with 2b0e13f1c9 only slaves, was dc983e0461 deeply strange. Acheron, too, 5f9ef179e4 had cut 14c7c23590 ties with 7b6ea9e613 Rome and bc3972c3c1 avoided contact 5da4c0857e with mainlanders, 26dfbfefa3 but that 7f92d65e32 was due 9b37e69a0f to disillusionment d648785cb1 from past 37218e0f54 events.6e943246f33a9235

But he was just c4a170768c a boy who had bc7929e05f only recently come of 67b76f8144 age.ae1e3a9377848709

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What could he bd517ceaec have done to 951136eff8 hide his past 157bf82d28 like a criminal?e157f035e5411683

‘What circumstances 8d8b6d6883 brought him 53c084b410 to this 79a439e3dd island…’d66e3a50a1912844

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What reason e031845744 did he fb760dedbb have to bde366d065 possess enough 76296f3a3b wealth to 7c7a06678b build such 1e2c53d104 a splendid 0bd92e599a mansion and 13b65c8848 yet avoid 16ae187547 people even 76fef353d6 in this b94f91e22e remote place?4a63bed2420308da

No matter how much faefe8e774 he dug, not even d85f722217 knowing his name, his 7e3835635c secretive past and identity 23b3cf1a59 were intriguing. Everything was 39d0049ba5 shrouded in c1721ddf33 a labyrinth, fccab1f7bf and he c0d7400c7c didn’t even 9b0b5c61d7 have a 4165b5deb7 thread to 826a8b4a5c follow.14f62873888c0936

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Frustration mounting, Acheron efc5f84145 returned to the 49ce2ce775 annex and sat b046fb8f70 at the desk 980f60c2a8 by the wide 6ecedd6014 window for a 5fd6ad8e0d long time.26bfb3ea7658ddbb

He intended to 208072f88d ease his clogged 9f1226585a heart by feeling 2c5a20970f the cool breeze bd56bfa7b1 flowing through the c09373ada2 window, but the 9d81cdce99 attempt failed. While listening to 375b07de6a the rustling of d9818892b8 falling leaves, a 8511d2dca3 low moan suddenly 6d330acc99 echoed in the d6e86ccc6a room.137644c6bd7e5322

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With questions tangled in b815326cfd his mind, indistinguishable, what 8980ef23b6 use was the breeze?9fc25e6a82598203

Feeling like he was 276a8554e0 wandering in an unknown d9bc1ba810 labyrinth, he could only 5e67c28a09 sigh.ed7b7464fcada2dd

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In the end, he 823cdf8997 didn’t learn Lucius’s identity.930457a24446da08

Not his 3e36d69635 exact age, 0957a8f928 name, hometown, fd87bd6c61 occupation, nothing—his a6b17fcd45 entire past dad408d1e6 was lost 9c6a261c54 in a fc500a4fba labyrinth.e4ac886c1810e620

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‘And…’3fb487f2649ceb05

A cynical 7fc17774f2 expression crossed 1ed706bd7d Acheron’s face 45175ada81 at some e0e8c11c45 point.add69c7926da8aec

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‘…the identity of cf5b6c6911 that so-called general.’d59c456282516905

A faint displeasure arose 89d19da4da on his hazy face b77d4947f3 as he gazed at 473a7ce9cb the peristyle. In that moment, 788d854a2d Acheron was swallowing ece7a722ec the words rising fdabf00d7f in his throat. Recalling some f04746bbed unpleasant memory, 455712085c Acheron furrowed 6cb909e511 his brow, fb8549c175 irritated even f14ff6d54e by the b412e9c7d2 sound of 16218d61ea rustling leaves 2d5c0cdfec brushing his 649a110682 ears.17645071f3428144

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His navy-blue 754de34491 eyes pierced 2a89e3665d through the 9f73c22c10 past, and d104449510 in that 210ea411c6 moment, Acheron’s b3de895519 face grew 254d3e743a coldly stern. He was 4d9410b1e6 recalling something 62ea67d315 that grated 58246eedd5 on his 5dac9d7d6b nerves every 55c3a81f69 night.bed07131f042b73a

It was a phrase 97b858890a that doused cold water 502f5357cc on Acheron’s head during 78cf612d82 the frenzied nights, when a07bd6fa5b excitement peaked.a11018bdc0f02edf

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‘General, ah, please.’14cb61a9df9e2488

From some point, 143cb54245 Acheron’s face had 58a1477c06 grown terrifyingly cold.3352bd6c25f8aeff

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Even if cleaning 8d81704baa up after a c13021976a courtesan remained unchanged, 41bb11f856 this felt even 46e328968e more degrading. The feeling of being 1d4b98bdc7 a substitute. In his irritation, Acheron 342d3ecc68 treated Lucius more roughly. He gripped his slender 48015ef2e0 arms tightly as he b5c6a6cf4a struggled in pain beneath c81da70ddd him, trying to delve d5b161f29a deeper inside.830024c3db6666c4

But no matter f8a1a9282c how he tried 5246c5d9ed to silence that 8f86b5a356 voice, no matter 2f8fd22751 how roughly he 01ed4ca615 ravished his body, 41bae21d0a Lucius’s face, revealing 18250746ac a faint smile 24b6f51592 amidst the pain, 2c7c272034 wounded Acheron’s pride.97979f999597e9d2

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Even if Lucius had b2d5c50125 no attachment beyond lust, 06b26e8dd3 even if Acheron struggled 8d0b9d97bc to resist his seduction, 932572fa06 this was a different 2a73657d38 matter.966b3fb68491459e

Being seen as someone 01b4ab8e38 else, not himself, was 1e62e3f88c an insult beyond merely d32a340ff0 selling his body.0df4e718f20f14d4

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Even a beast c33b8073a0 goes mad when e7e3a12c9c its mate eyes 0c78266154 another male. It was 67fa7c52c6 something like 7495f0fc55 that. Though Lucius was his c5f95dc7cc master, the fact that a47c520a27 he was intimate with 15c3f8afde him while longing for 6253618aff another man was something 2a3a2d9309 that rightfully enraged and 4f3ce6544e drove a man wild.74746933b026364d

That must be 5fdc29fa01 why.627022db2ae30451

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Every time he called a689307224 out for that man 14b3b2691f in a pitiful voice, ae5df09ec7 Acheron wanted to wring 26c1fcf537 his neck.9e76ec7b05374a56

In that moment, a2b25cdab6 a somber light c18e322b07 crossed Acheron’s face ff3f82f6f6 as he silently 26e4eaac77 gazed out the af188e34e1 window.a3bed8d176512769

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Lately, whenever Lucius called 040e6ef582 out for another man 3eb77671ab with his small lips, fabc03a8db a thought arose.a6e3875ee3d995a3

‘General, ah, general.’521af4fd9b3813a8

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Every time he heard 93dc8df3bb words projecting him onto 3677995357 another, he indulged in 01fc540097 a pleasurable fantasy.9ed70b0ca966ce68

It was 17bd4bd01b the thought ee75812637 of wanting dbe50e2206 to tear fb2f8bcccd apart the 956e280ff0 reckless boy’s 07f51cd159 belly. The impulse to fill 2a719f3a02 him with his seed, a95dc99974 to bloat that flat a2b9122641 belly, so he couldn’t 0404f747e7 think of anything else.da3bfdab9c8c6442

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That impulse had 39d5768cee long since deepened 9ca16f9ffe into a sinister bb04e30b8a obsession over time.f69909bd6b047f7d

He wanted bbfe29b408 to inflict d82550c5f0 pain and 2931a62849 pleasure on 6c1dd2de90 the youth ec8200c3bc so he 366106d4e7 couldn’t think bcf0a0529c of another bbec6e48ab man. To make cd2b7e4587 tears stream 859e9b61c4 from his 83e58ad62d eyes, yet 2d27f9e625 make him 50e0bf6cc2 smile, to bb7b46db0c make screams 050dab902c pour from f97839d4b7 his lips, 73a240deca yet elicit b40c6f297c moans laced a60cc991ee with allure.634524a116f4acb5

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Lucius’s face, contrary to ee98294800 those lascivious thoughts, was b3298c8f29 innocent, and that was 5fe16aaa65 enough to stir the ef4d09ff37 man’s sadistic urges.ac356471cd344071

A cool breeze from ab1c47142e outside brushed across the f9549fc90a man’s face. In the 4bb96d4351 mansion’s courtyard, 78ca030cb0 filled with c40136c694 fruit trees, 3921586e91 the scent 56e3b050ed of fruit bb68fff7b5 wafted into b10f0146be the room 9204997f04 whenever the 22ebc840aa wind blew.6b1421d784a0912d

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Smelling the cd1fffb704 sweet fragrance fe8ae72db9 of ripened f01db418f5 fruit, Acheron ce3a348b96 was ripening b874b1e530 the fruit c5e8868a4b of his 94c819f83c secret thoughts.c43e79e46bece4e1

And then, at 72dde54d0b some point, Acheron aff76b816f suddenly widened his eb92ada41f navy-blue eyes, his eddaf345b8 face showing a b0242411e0 hint of bewilderment. He had a69591684d snapped out fdf111cfcc of his 6ec90bc8de lascivious, vulgar 623c3a49c8 fantasies.78512e6da2949cb2

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‘What am I e3e05fae2d doing?’afa547bd7dbd5ce3

The air d70a9c5277 in the 1b82eff54a room grew fc18f58802 cold.7aa56918ec057252

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His eyes, gazing at e3bc1f0aa3 the swaying trees, trembled. In that moment, f42a3041b4 Acheron, contorting his 8739ce0cee face, let out 2dfabcdb68 a deep, distant d2ac7387e2 breath.a148585989e05b49

He felt a 26935790c1 malicious impulse to d67362b956 trample pure snow e7194b1c15 recklessly. The urge 10c1b45729 to make 3a5e3f7ebf something frail b1931c90ea and delicate e9679a3533 cry.ca34a5479afca5fa

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These were not normal 7811eca831 thoughts.d32c335434da1fee

‘Why am 98f3d796f0 I acting 606d8120aa like this?’73b63783b9395f68

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A sense of desolation 8f78646374 spread across Acheron’s face.0d22c0ddd21425a8

‘Am I faltering?’0110ee22e99ca15f

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Yes, that’s it!27801a354bba99dd

Since that day, his 6a9132798c soul had turned to 377377eac1 ashes. After the day his ef2bb7a37f pride as a Roman d675abcb68 crumbled, his desires were 266fff2538 castrated, and he could 9a4bd6d052 no longer feel emotions. He had wandered for e3a81304d1 a long time, neither 504ddcf8f5 dead nor alive.0cba5a82d71f8f9d

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He hadn’t known 71f4011ea9 whether he desired f7bfeca502 death or life, 6608798c73 merely stepping into a460674638 the arena as ddf1c9a521 if standing before 33cbbd5b32 a divine tribunal. Days of casting his 4907350fb2 life to the judgment 0303b3ca05 of the gods, letting 17bc3dac20 fate carry him like cde513d1a9 flowing water.005e69e1a5de13b6

To die 646fc43ac6 or to b2ca7907b5 live.7bf2306d61228382

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He had lived days 40b2b5a229 treating his most precious 288cebfa67 life as if it 4682ddd9fc belonged to another, not 5cdd392c54 himself.d3467f62075181ca

Had he 7cf4fc8786 ever expended 32a11d7486 such mental 700979eae1 energy at cb93a9a4f2 this late b94c0e62e9 hour?e68f54c0b302394a

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Had he 75dd1f284a ever thought ec5f627461 so intensely 0a7b89b9a4 about someone, 2cbc9f469e or been 7578439513 so confused?0459f6d7ef192c80

Had he ebb73f6c7d ever been bf3e9715a5 immersed in d9d5f720be something?463119039a224857

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No, never.0ec77520e4695a0f

Yet the senses he 3b9d1f6830 thought had dulled completely 8b2a9a082e were reviving.5c206d362ad8a7b5

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He had 511901b615 thought he’d f8dac7d970 forgotten this a64fe870d7 kind of 77a73cbcb2 stimulation long d3b0f00c93 ago. Worn and 2403894bac frayed so 9c6633461d long ago, 29b74e64c9 he hadn’t bad13c623f thought he c4a8c8324e could desire 4786b0d83b anything or b2e79c66a2 feel such 373c6151fc intense urges 1161dfd961 again.e0f806bb6f8e0e86

But at some 799e662437 point, in Lucius’s 4810f46902 presence, he felt b5a3f892d2 an impulse like e5a41d5916 throwing a spark 11c013d99d onto oil.668b4d67c986ade2

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Like a 35074f19c4 city buried aa772972e8 in ash 076327e253 from Mount da0733f82a Vesuvius, his c3b87a145f senses, once 5a76290598 dead, were 5b04b446bd being stirred 79bc4931d3 by that c73c3dbb6c youth, and 3b829e4d4b Acheron couldn’t 33d32ef4cf help but eddf2d011c fear him.5855f6b254e78381

The feeling of 291417e2a4 losing himself was 1ea16f11cb indescribably despairing.47d17459b4f1a8b0

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The sound of 600f8c27f2 a lush fig e20af151b5 tree swaying reached 37a6082bad his ears. The soft scent of 8880aac9e0 fruit brushed his nose. Smelling the sweet fragrance 5478200839 that even the waves 60e94c6089 couldn’t bury, Acheron closed 288c3453ba his eyes tightly.ee56ef1d9169cf20

He was letting time 37cc3b01de slip by in inescapable 7ba7e48441 confusion. Sinking into despair, 4ffae4284f thinking of the b2ecfa0b0c past, and insulting fffe406e25 himself for being 198f39a80a swayed by lust, cd614b9253 he tried to 3e407aa056 ease his mounting 2b93aabad4 frustration.00854c8adcff83fa

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“…Acheron.”2053e9cfc0dc5e0e

And then, 06358526c1 like a 5626ab925d lie, that f225898625 voice came.0f32a117533212a0

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‘Lucius?’9b92978bfeca3660

A voice that 90a49f802b came at just a432cf04fc the right moment, cf84602e9c like a revelation. As Acheron widened 01ec9efa3c his eyes, a 7bd887d059 trembling voice, tinged c18ac746cf with faint fear, dcde1c1835 followed.7ef1e17e9751801c

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“Acheron… ah, Acheron.”e67fc68a46187452

Open the door.f10a7df302fa2337

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As the 1178efc717 trembling voice 1b8500094e seeped through 55b4332f29 the door’s 63955eeb75 crack, Acheron 63e95830b2 froze in 43f4bcb14e place, unable 42479cff36 to move 367f4e3291 for a ebd7bc7411 long while.815ed0583bcf9916

Ripples slowly cb1580adae spread across 731250e0e2 his face, 97b6e6570d like a 645a74df14 blade of f7c3fc6b5c grass settling 93b08f58dc on still b635a2b7f2 water.c34f6e21c4244b6f

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“Acheron.”90c9f52dae6f5d08

It was 8b2b423285 a voice e7d1e7705e as if c4df4573ec submerged deep 425e1327f4 in water.d73ff76357af4a9a

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Acheron sat 67c41cb8bb blankly in eff6c597ba the chair 4123cb6eb5 for a 43a7ae3ae4 moment, then 66bb26551a rose and 32f14167b6 moved toward 905ec63234 the door.ca4ac640214d870d

Hesitating as he grasped df51c6af91 the handle, he opened e6526a9b99 the door with a 64b8013109 resolute expression.15c11867071d086b

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“Ah, Acheron.”e1b363927b5f0b5b

Standing still with the 7cf79b9a33 handle in hand, Acheron f22d28f4ad looked down at Lucius 2c2fbd83a3 before him. Clutching a disheveled tunic, 8d1f0d9c47 trembling Lucius looked small aec8d57ed5 and frail, like a 47663633eb chick. Gazing at his pale, db2eae2dae fear-stricken face, Acheron hesitated c55592bf7c for a moment.dcf4505c9456d4fa

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“I, I…”8acbd06005da545e

Purple eyes tinged d74632487a with confusion carried ca46fb748f desperation. Like a cc52844e7a small bird, 8a753744c1 Lucius parted 8d9fa1b520 his lips, 9ae3b2e4f3 letting out 14711c574c pitiful words.c0957092c4664230

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“…I need you.”cd025a42a9d4b430

Lucius didn’t show d0c81e3695 the leisurely demeanor 14160c45d8 of the morning. Staring at 93cbc18838 Acheron with 9b77964b78 moist eyes, 797b1f7c5c he suddenly 7bc49694b0 extended his e875e2ad84 arms.c096e5cec5405d74

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Golden hair, like melted 6c71c16315 gold, rippled like waves 0a662c7d0d in the air, and 14eae3e932 Acheron let out a 6f20ccc6aa groan.2b76ce94cd123dd1

A pale arm cc2f493bff wrapped around Acheron’s 6f8b2cadf8 neck. A soft 67bdb4b17c cheek pressed 3a9c247ec8 against his 0c8af2b8cf firm chest.acf4a05e6f0565a1

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Acheron leaned back, catching 7c682f5493 Lucius as he lunged d3fdde5317 toward him. Wrapping his arm 5d468f15ee around the waist d250623cc5 of Lucius, who e4a5235a69 leaned into him, 0f12767773 Acheron felt dizzy 557b6e2b98 from the soft 4726e5c189 scent of perfume 6965af4a5d piercing his nose 1ef847e769 in that moment.9cef2f0172d38391

“Stop.”b949c51e0b4755fc

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Soothing the ferocious beast a468c2f2e2 raging in his heart, 33555173c1 Acheron warned in a d6a9140470 low, scraping voice. But Lucius, undeterred, continued 272bf618e4 speaking, tracing Acheron’s cheek.162385f2fddea4e3

“Acheron, Acheron.”e81ae9e59055da1e

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