Four more minutes till the sun was to rise. Octavius stood outside of his and Jane's house. Nervously he searched faces for his wife; she hadn't been home and no one had seen her.
The general turned his sons looked at him, trying his best to stay calm. "Your mother should be home soon," Octavius said less than convincingly. Though he was unsure who he was trying to reassure the boys or himself.
Two more minutes went by, "Boys, I'm going to look for your mother. Julius, you look after your brother."
Tacitus did not even bother to argue that he could take care of himself.
Time was running out and Octavius was unable to find Jane any where.
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It was now the next night.
Octavius ran up to Jed.
"Jed I can't find Jane anywhere and she didn't come home last night," Octavius explained quickly.
"Okay, okay. Don't worry Octavius we will find her," Jed reassured.
"Where was the last place she was?" Jed asked.
"The Coliseum," Octavius stated.
Quickly the two rushed over to the Coliseum. Hoping to find something, anything that would indicate where Jane could be.
Walking in all was still, no sound or movement.
"I don't think she is here Octavius," Jedidiah said.
A slow worried nod Octavius gave Jed.
"I believe so," Octavius replied.
Suddenly Jed spotted something out of the corner of his eye.
"Octavius over there," Jed pointed out.
Jed on Octavius rushed over to the corner. There was a piece of red cloth that came from a dress.
"That is a piece of Jane's dress," Octavius made known.
"Okay so we know she was here," Jed stated.
"May I help you gentlemen?" A cool calm voice asked from a bit a way.
Both of them knew whom that voice belonged to. Turning their heads they faced the very woman herself.
"Regina."
A glare Octavius shot at her; she was the last person he wished to see at the moment. "What are you doing here?" he hissed.
"Oh nothing just wanted to see if you wanted to come back to me?" Regina asked.
"Never," Octavius spat.
"Oh pity. That would be bad for the health of your wife," Regina teased.
"What have you done with her?!" Jedidiah demanded.
"Nothing...yet," Regina smiled.
"You better tell us where she is or else we..." Jed was cut off when Regina came over and slapped him so hard in the face it sent him to the ground.
"I should have killed you when I had the chance," Regina sneered.
"Leave Jedidiah out of this. It has nothing to do with him," Octavius stated.
"Fine...Just what will it be Octavius?" Regina asked.
"Me or Jane's death."
Octavius closed his and lowered his head he knew what he needed to do.
He would not take the chance of Jane dying.
"I will...be with you, Regina," Octavius said, in the most sorrowful voice.
"Yeesss!!" Regina cheered, "I did it!"
All the pain Octavius had felt could not compare to the pain he felt right at that very moment. Though, it was not sadness, but anger. He kept it bottled fearing what could happen to Jane if he were to lash out.
"What?! Octavius you can't do that! You can't, we will find another way!" Jed reasoned.
"Jed there is no other way," Octavius simply stated.
"Octavius you just can't do this! What about Julius and Tacitus! What about them?!" Jedidiah yelled.
' What about me?' Jed thought.
"Jed I have to do this. I have to keep Jane alive," Octavius stated.
"Octavius!" Jedidiah yelled. "You just can't do this!"
"Enough!" Regina yelled. "Come now Octavius, let's go to our home."
With that the two left a fuming Jedidiah.
Jedidiah ran out of the Roman exhibit, and began his search for Jane she had to be somewhere!