I don't own any of the characters used in this story (even if I would love to, well alright maybe I hide the knights in my closet but that's cause they ask me to!) except for Marcus & Ila. These two are MINE!

I came to Britain trying to scape from my family, from my life, from my own. I couldn't keep pretending I was happy. I never knew the meaning of happiness: for the Cassius family duty came always first.

I ran away from everything I knew including my wife Claudia, daughter of Antonius Pontius. She once said our marriage was a blessing, that she had never been more happy in her entire life. I felt sorry for her, sorry for not been able to feel the same way: our marriage is perhaps my biggest mistake. It might sound cruel but it's the truth: I couldn't feel. My heart was a hard as a stone to save me from suffering.

After months of traveling I finally arrived to this island, to my freedom. Marcus Maximus Cassius is my name, Commander Marcus Maximus Cassius. My arrival to the Badon Hill was nothing like I expected, perhaps because I wasn't expecting to find you.

I still remember that day: it was very early in the morning, foggy and cold like almost every day in Britain. My body was tired from the journey but I refused to find some rest until I spoke with the man I was suposed to be working with. My childhood friend Artorius Castus.

Lost in my thoughts I didn't see you as you walked towards me. A cloak wrapped around your slim body didn't allow me to see your face. I was speechless as you remove the hood and smiled. Now standing a few inches away from me I could see your beautiful features: dark eyes, long curly brown hair, pink lips...I never wanted to kiss a woman so badly until I found myself standing there with you.

You smiled again. I was still speechless. The door behind us, the one we both were looking for, sudenly opened. You walked inside without saying a single word and I followed. It was the first time I saw Ila, my beautiful angel. God had finally answered my prayers. He finally sent me an angel.

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