Gannicus and Eliza saw each other next outside the meeting hall. Both clean with a godly glow. Gannicus glanced at her, her green dress drawing his eyes to hers. Eliza looked down at her hands as the guards outside began to open the doors. "I can't..." Eliza spoke softly, stilling the guards as Gannicus fully turned to her.
"You must."
"Gannicus -"
"You'll die otherwise." Gannicus told her, shaking his head. "And without you... What am I but a gladiator?"
Eliza shook her head before smiling gently, using his words slowly. "Then pray thee, that I do not fall." Gannicus smiled warmly at what she said. "Open." Eliza told the guards and they opened the doors widely, gesturing for the pair to go inside.
"Ah, they've arrived!" Lucretia stated, smiling widely as the three people along with her, Gaius, Illythia, and Batiatus sat down. Eliza glanced back to see the guards closing the doors. Silence fell upon the room before Eliza went to Lucretia and kissed her cheek. She did the same for Illythia, and for Gaius she hugged him gently and leaned to whisper in his ear.
"If enjoyment you find from this display, I shall turn my back to you and shall I find no voice of reason with you; only voice of hatred." Eliza sneered to her cousin. She pulled back as Gaius nodded.
Eliza stepped back to stand beside Gannicus who seemed confident in what was about to take place. "Well?" Batiatus said, gesturing to the mat on the floor. Eliza breathed deeply and swallowed the lump in her throat as she unclasped her dress, letting it fall to the floor once more. Gannicus glanced at her from the corner of his eye, her chest was moving ever so slightly, she was trying to calm down.
Gannicus unclasped what garments he had on, a brown toga of sorts. It fell to the floor as well, falling beside Eliza's green dress. Eliza lowered herself to the ground and with her back to the mat, she let Gannicus on top of her body. She brought her knees up to that her legs were apart as he laid between them, attempting to shield her body from the prying eyes of the small group.
Gannicus studied her for a moment before pushing some of her brown locks back behind her head as he took his cock in hand and sank into her, moving one hand directly over her shoulder and the other onto her hip to help her meet his thrusts. "The faster I go, the sooner it will be over." Gannicus whispered into her ear, as Eliza wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling her into him.
"Be gentle or be rough, it does not matter." She whispered back, smiling as he nodded. He still held her hip, his thrusts rough to start out, not letting her adjust to his size quite as much as she'd like. She moaned softly as his hips rolled into hers, leaning down to kiss her neck and graze her collarbones with his teeth.
Eliza arched her back, pressing her chest to his as her oily body slicked against his. One arm was wrapped around his broad shoulders as the other was in his hair, tugging on it gently. His thrusts were fast as Eliza glanced to see a slight smile on Batiatus face, it only repulsed her to see that.
She then made a loud sound and Gannicus moved only faster, if possible, and brought her to her clenching edge. Her nails raked down his back like they had not two days ago, causing him to look up at the ceiling for a short moment with his eyes closed as he groaned, his throat tightening as he came inside of her.
The air was heavy as Illythia smiled and looked at Gannicus breathing heavy, Eliza running her long hands through his dirty blonde hair. Batiatus clapped for a moment before he said that he hoped children would be in their future soon. Gaius left without a word, but with a disgusting smile on his face with Illythia as Lucretia crouched beside them slightly as Gannicus pulled out of Eliza.
"I bid thee farewell..." She said, leaving the room afterwards. Gannicus and Eliza stayed, lying side-by-side before Gannicus turned slightly to see Eliza's eyes were closed. "I'm going back to my chambers." Eliza told him, breathing deeply as she opened her eyes and stood, collecting her dress and putting it on.
"I would join you, but Spartacus might think me dead if I do."
"I doubt that." Eliza replied to the gladiator, watching him stand beside her and wrap the toga around his waist rather than drape it across himself. "And you are far too tired to travel." Eliza commented as she glanced out to the shining sun.
"Get some rest, you'll set out after." Eliza told him as they walked back to her chambers. He dropped the toga and got into her bed, waiting for her. Eliza walked over to him and sat beside him, she kissed his forehead gently while closing her eyes. She opened them quickly to see Gannicus staring at her, something he does a lot.
"Are you not staying?" He questioned, his brows furrowed in an almost puppy-like way. Eliza shook her head. "I must seek council with Gaius, then I shall come back."
"And if I am not here?"
"You'll know where to find me, and I, you." Eliza replied, she went to the doorway and glanced over her shoulder to him as she set her hand on the wall. "Sleep well, my gentle god-like gladiator."
Gannicus nodded and pulled the sheets up more, watching her leave him as he stared down at his hands. He felt guilty, he felt regret, he felt angry at what they did. But Gannicus couldn't help but also feel happy to some extent, a woman he liked loved would carry his children. He fell asleep quickly before he could change his mind.
"Gaius!" Eliza called, seeing him signing something with other men in the room.
"I'm busy." He told her, waving her off. "Not for this, you shameless cock." Eliza snapped. The men in the room looked at her, the woman who looked disheveled and tired was calling out the praetor... Great.
"Hold your tongue!" Gaius told her, standing up. "I will only hold mine if you have your wife hold yours, for she seems to make the decisions." Eliza argued.
"Woman! Know your place!" One of the men told her, grabbing her arm.
"Take your hands off her." Gaius said calmly. "Sir, she is interr-"
"She is my cousin." Gaius interjected, shaking his head. "Out, everyone." Gaius said. "Out!" He shouted, everyone leaving quickly but Eliza. "How dare you come in here and interrupt us."
"How dare I? I told you, if you find enjoyment from the gladiator and I, I shall turn my back on you. No voice of reason will you seek with me, I'll only have a voice of hatred."
Gaius went to speak and opened his mouth, but closed it. "Therefore, no voice of reason shall I have." Eliza rushed out of the room with Gaius behind her. They were a few yards from her chambers when Gaius spoke.
"I care for you, you cannot turn your back on me!"
"Care for me? When have you ever? You only care for what weight my name gives to your gain."
"That is not true." Gaius told her, shaking his head as he pointed at her. Eliza laughed as they walked closer to her chambers, the woman trying not to wake Gannicus.
"It is, and always has been. What care for me have you ever had? You cared when my father died and gave you all our money. You used it to buy a kingdom of people who are loyal only to not be slaughtered."
"Eliza!"
"You use me only to birth a gladiator's spawn." Eliza sneered. "You only seek me when you need some sort of heat off your back, or when Illythia cannot handle you. Then you only talk to me, you only care for me when its convenient."
"Eliza, you know -"
"I know that every word I speak is true, you are a coward, Gaius."
"I am your cousin, and your praetor will not speak to me like this!"
"You may be my praetor, but you are not my cousin, not today, not anymore. You may be blood, but you'll never be my family." Eliza told him, walking to her chambers as Gaius grabbed her arms.
"And where will you go if I exile you?" He asked, shoving her into the wall. Eliza kicked his crotch, walking away as he fell. "If you exile me, I'll find somewhere. I always do, Gaius. I adapt to survive."
She walked into her room as she saw Gannicus sitting up. Eliza fell onto the bed with an exasperated sigh. Angry tears threatened to spill from her eyes as Gannicus moved to pull her into his arms. "Rest." He mumbled into her hair. "For when you wake, we will set out."
"We?" Eliza asked, her voice barely above a whisper as Gannicus nodded, only to have Eliza close her eyes. "Together we shall abandon what you call home." Gannicus told her.
"This is no longer home." Eliza replied, kissing the right side of his chest gently before pulling back and saying. "This is." Gannicus smiled as he too closed his eyes, the two sleeping soundly.