It was now two months since the death of Lucius children and wife and also the death of Caesar.

Rome was in chaos without a leader. There was a battle of authority in Rome.

There was young Octavian of Julii and he was named to inherit the fortune of Caesar. He got the right to call himself Caesar. Many doubted him because of his young age and tenuous experience as a soldier.

Then there was Mark Anthony. He was a strong character. He did knew a lot about warfare and he was a good soldier but politics wasn't his strong side which was Octavia's strongest side.

There was going to be a war again in Rome and it was going to last.

Lucius Vorenus was lying in his bed. If you were telling the truth it was the only thing he had done past 2 months. His eyes were empty. There was no live in there. On one day all those long days ago he lost everything, his wife and children. Only one who was left was his friend Titus Pullo who kept visiting him everyday. Everyday he was disappointed to find his friend in his dark state.

There was no sadness or joy, just void. Pullo didn't know what to do. His only plan was to come check on him everyday until he would say or do something other than lying on that damn bed.

Even Lucius gaze was empty there was a lot of life inside his head. There was guilt, sadness and betrayal, but mostly guilt. Caesar was dead. He was stabbed to death by the people he trusted. He was supposed to protect him that day. He left his side. He could have prevented his dead. He had swore loyalty to him. If Lucius was something he was loyal.

Her wife Niobe was dead. He was angry, played, humiliated and betrayed. He was so angry, his mind was filled with rage. He hold a knife. He had looked at it. Was he going to kill her? If she hadn't dropped oneself would he have killed her. He didn't know. But she had killed herself. It was probably his fault.

Niobe was lying lifeless on the ground and he was holding her. Then Lucius saw him, her son. This was the boy that destroyed everything and Niobe called him blameless. He cursed him. He cursed him and all of his children to the nether world.
When he had lied there two months Lucius realised that the boy was blameless but he wasn't. All of his children were dead, killed by a man he hated. And it was his fault, not nobody elses.

He kept his head, the head of a man that had killed his children on the floor next to his bed. Sometimes he just stared at it for hours and hours.

It was now 2 months and one day after the death of his wife and children when Pullo came to visit. He saw Lucius again staring at the head of that killer. They killed him.

Pullo decided that it was now enough. He took the head by his hair. It was now first time he saw some life in his eyes.

"What are you doing", Lucius yelled.

"It is your time to wake up" Pullo announced and throwed the head out of the house. Now his eyes wasn't anymore full of emptiness, anger instead.

"NOO" Lucius yelled and backed his friend agains the wall. "In the name of Cerberus what did you do", Lucius yelled in panick. "That are harsh words my friend", Pullo said. Finally Lucius let go of him.

"Pullo I don't know what to do" Lucius said and sat down. His head was suddenly spinning. He had been lying for months and he got up too fast.

"First we could shave that beard of yours. It has gone wild" Pullo said. Lucius touched his beard and noted that his friend was right. He propably looked as messy as his house which was fully neglected.

Pullo carefully shaved his beard and gave him a towel and water. Lucius spirit rose a little when he felt the coolness of water on his face.

"So now that Caesar is dead there is a battle between Mark Anthony and Octavia", Pullo said.

"I betrayed Caesar", Lucius said raising his voice.

"Well you can't anymore do anything about that don't you", Pullo said. Lucius didn't say anything back. He changed his clothes to clean ones. He put on his soldier suit and then he looked more presentable.

"I think I should sign myself for the duty of Mark Anthony" Lucius said firmly.

"Why" Pullo asked puzzled.

"I betrayed Caesar. I should repay and only way is to sign myself to his duty" Lucius said.

"They are going for a war" Pullo said. "Yeah, I'm aware of that" Lucius answered. "I can't come with you. I have Eirene now and we got married. And I can't fight on side of Mark. I'm faithful to Octavian" Pullo said.

"So I guess this is a good bye for now" Lucius said.

"Yes" Pullo said. They stood a moment in silence and then they hugged each other.

"Thank you for everything you have done for me" Lucius said.

"It's all right. We will see each other again and in the mean time I will look after this house" Pullo said.

"Thank you", and with that Lucius left.

Cristina was lying on a lawn outside the mansion of Julii family. She had worked all day and she felt exhausted. It was now two months after Caesar had died. Everybody in Julii family were upset and stressed. It meant more work and stress for maids.

The mansion's garden was the only place she liked there. It was so beautiful with its riot of color. She liked green lawn, pink and red flowers and crystal blue water.

Cristina saw another maid approach her so it meant that she had something to do. She sighed.

"Mark Anthony is asking for you" She said and left.

"Doesn't Mark Anthony have anything else to think about or do", Cristina thought. She wasn't really in a mood for sex. She was that tired.

She walked into Anthony's bedroom. It was decorated in simple and classic taste with different shades of brown. She had seen a lot of inside this room.

"You asked me" Cristina said and Anthony turned around a smirk on his face.

"We don't have to be that formal anymore" Anthony said seductively and stripped of his toga revealing his undeniable hardness. His body was very well-toned and he had a smirk of a bad boy. "Join me to bed", he said with his deep voice. Cristina walked slowly to the bed and climbed on top of him.

"You're so naughty, I love when you take the charge" he said and ripped her naked. Cristina felt like she needed to have some control over this so she liked to be in charge. Otherwise she would lose her mind completely.

Anthony was near to an orgasm and he was crying out of pleasure when there was a knock on the door. "You got to be kidding me" Anthony thought. He thought that the man on the door would leave and he kept pounding inside of her vigorously until he heard a more firm knock.

"Fuck's sake" he said angrily, put on his toga and opened the door. "What was that important" he asked sarcastically.

"Lucius Vorenus is asking to see you" one of his servants said and then Anthony noticed Lucius behind him.

Lucius came forward and got a glimpse of glossy ebony curls in Anthony's bedroom until she dissapeared. He wanted to see more but he knew that he had no right to intrude Anthony's bedroom. He sighed disappointed.

"So what is it you want" Anthony asked with a smile.

"I'm signing up to your service, if that's okay with you", Lucius asked.

"All right, even you're already on my service. You're my evocati and I remember paying you a good money" Anthony said looking at him under his eyebrow. "All right, dismissed. But Lucius, be prepared! There is gonna be war sooner than you think" he warned.

"All right sir" he said loud and clear and left the mansion.

Cristina walked back to the garden and she saw Octavian sitting there.

"Hey" Octavian greeted her and hugger her tightly. She noticed the hickey on Cristina's neck.

"Who is the one you're screwing" Octavian asked wicked smile on her face. "Mark Anthony" Cristina answered. "It's so sad that my mom is so in love with him" Octavian said sarcastically. She didn't get along with her at all.

Then Octavian's mind calmed a bit and she asked "You propably have heard the rumors".

"There is gonna be war" Cristina said and sighed from desperation. "I'm afraid that I have to go with them to the war. I'm a maid and a hore after all" she said almost whispering. Octavian really felt for her and patted her back. "Let's hope that doesn't happen" Octavian said encouraging.

AN: I hope you enjoyed! You might be disappointed that they didn't exactly meet in this chapter but I promise that they will meet in the next one :)

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