Author's note: I feel like I own you an apology. I have been neglecting my stories because of huge amount of school stress and it kinda took all my inspiration and energy. Now that I have a little break from exams and finals I try to get back to my weekly updates routine. Thank you for those who are still reading :)


"The children.. so they are alive?" Lucius asked and swallowed hard. "Yes they are Lucius" Pullo repeated. News came as a shock to Lucius. He had finally get used to the thought that his whole family was gone. He looked at the sleeping form next to him and he didn't want to wake her up. He rose, put his toga on and walked outside.

"Where are they?" Lucius asked emphatically. He had to figure out the shortest way to get there. Pullo's mouth was slightly open. He was worried about his reaction to hear their whereabouts. "The children.. they were taken to a slave camp" Pullo said. He looked at the shocked face of Lucius. "Can- can you repeat that" he said clearly his temper rising. His face started to turn in all the shades of red, his breathing started to come heavier and he bit his lip. Lucius had never been good at controlling his anger. Even when he tried.

"Lucius it's alright.." Pullo tried to reassure his friend. "I know where they are. It's a five day travel there. Most importantly they are alive. Lucius the children are alive" he said holding his friends shoulders. Lucius looked at him briefly and nodded. He looked at the blue cloudless sky and felt the cool breeze on his face. It was a perfect day to leave the hell hole of a camp. Instead of being angry now he felt hopeful and he was going to fight for his children.

"Alright Pullo.. you'll wait here and I get my stuff together and I make sure she.." then Lucius stopped his speech. He didn't even know her name yet. Last night he had been against his essence and begged her come back to him. He didn't even know her name.

"You mean that girl lying on your tent floor? You can't take her with us. She might be a good fuck but you can't just steal a whore from the camp" Pullo said in disbelief. He got such a nasty glare from Lucius so he decided to shut up.

Lucius walked in back to his tent and gently shook her awake. "We are leaving now" he said and went to pack his stuff. Cristina sit up and shook her head in confusion. "Where are we leaving?" she asked. Lucius was fast with his packing and he looked briefly at her. "Away from here. Don't worry I got everything on control. Just dress up and be ready to go" he said. Cristina rose and put her old dress on. Her mind started working. It seemed that he trusted her. "This was maybe her chance", Cristina thought.


Shortly Lucius was ready to go. He was on mission to find his children. He looked at Cristina and said "You need to wait here. There is something I need to do."

Lucius went to meet Anthony. He was a faithful soldier and he needed Anthony's approval before he would go. He looked at Anthony who seemed to be intoxicated. He seemed to be always after his latest defeat against Caesar. He looked at Lucius his eyes wide open. He almost looked scary. Lucius delivered his request. "At least this man.." Anthony said with enthusiasm. "..has enough balls to come to me before disappears like a thief in the night" he said and patted the blonde man's shoulder. "I assume you have a good reason to your.. sudden departure" he said with a spontaneous laugh. Lucius rolled his eyes at his leader. "I need to go to find my children sir. They have been stolen to slavery" Lucius said and looked at his boss. His thinking seemed to be slow. It was because of the drugs. "Alright. You are dismissed" he said with a shrug. "Thank you sir" Lucius said firmly before leaving the tent.

Lucius was in front of the man's tent who tried to assault the woman he just spent the most amazing night with and took his horse. He wasn't going to need that anymore. He walked back to his tent with the horse. He went on horse and reached his hand for her. "Come on" he said and Cristina, first hesitantly, took his hand. It was a long time since she was on a horse.

Lucius looked over Pullo who nod. He let Pullo take the lead since he knew where they were heading. Cristina wrapped his arms around Lucius waist and Lucius quickly squeezed her hand. They rode many long hours and Lucius heard soft snoring behind her. She could sleep even on horses. They were going to keep a little break to drink and eat something. He woke her again to eat something. Lucius had to admit that her sleepy face was cute.

Pullo went to get some more water from the close stream. Lucius and Pullo knew from experience that you had to collect any water you could get.

Cristina and Lucius sat under the tree where wasn't so hot. The nice cool breeze was gone now and they were both sweating. The sun was shining so hard that they had to squint their eyes once in a while. Cristina was focused on her food and she swallowed when he asked her a question. "What's your name" he asked. "It feels weird that I still don't know your name" he said smiling weakly. Cristina looked at him and her expression didn't change one bit. "I'm Moon" she answered quietly and chewed her food. Lucius looked pleased. "Alright Moon.. eat your food so we can go back on horses" he said and went to help Pullo. Cristina was happy to get some peace. She needed to work on her plan to make it work.

Three of them continued their long ride and they arrived to the border. There were some guards. All of them swallowed hard. "Let's just be calm" Pullo said reassuringly. Lucius and Pullo were on front with their horses and Cristina tried to hide behind Lucius back. She couldn't have her plan get ruined now.

"Where are you heading travelers?" one of the guards with sandy hair asked and he noticed the small woman behind him. "And who is that girl?" he asked alarmed. Lucius and Pullo looked at each other.


Authors note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter :) This chapter was little shorter than usually but I try make longer next time. Please leave your thoughts, I would really appreciate it.