Lucifer gave her a wide smile as ze held up two fingers. “Dinner and wine for two, please,” ze said happily. The young girl immediately acknowledged the order, and prepared their meal for them. She first set a pitcher three-quarters full of wine in the middle of a wide basket, then placed two bowl
It was early morning when the two set off from their hospitia and back out into the city. And because neither really slept, they instead spent the night reading and studying. Afterwards, they sat on the windowsill in each others’ arms and soaked in the city as night passed by. And so when dawn brok
“No, none of those, thank you,” Lucifer said quickly. “Especially the house thing. Definitely not that.” “You sure?” Freya teased hir. “You’d make a great housewife.” “Mhm. I think you just want to see me in an apron.” When Lucifer realized she really was trying to picture hir in a some kind of f
“Definitely that,” Lucifer answered. “Alsoooo, I kinda want you to take a look at Freya. Give her a physical or something. A checkup. Or whatever it is you city docs do.” Mild alarm swept through Azrael, but she did her professional best to tamp down her emotions. At least, so neither of them could
Azrael was in deep thought as she pondered what was going on with Freya, even as the three of them walked towards the Forum Romanum at the center of the Eternal City. She just couldn’t place what was happening to her friend. Although she was far from a psychological or psychiatric expert, what Frey
All 300 of the senators were in comfortable seats lined along theater-style stone steps along the two longer walls. In the middle was the speaker’s area, where one of the senators was posted. And on the far wall opposite the entryway was a small dais where the emperor normally sat. Only this time,
The senator was quickly met with loud boos and jeers from all the other senators, including the speaker. Although he tried his best to complete his argument, the rest simply shut him down through sheer volume. “You can’t ruin our roads!” “That’s the empire’s lifeblood, you oaf!” “Can you conceive
There was a chorus of cheers from the crowds outside the Curia Julia as Claire walked out of the building along with a handful of other senators. Their assembly had taken a brief pause, mostly to give everyone time to breathe and think and cool down after being given such a moral thrashing. While