"Is it true?" Eliza asked as Gannicus walked into the room. "Is what true?"
"Is Illythia carrying Spartacus' child?" Eliza questioned as Gannicus moved to take off his cloak, dropping it onto the ground as he glanced at her. "Yes."
Eliza stared at her feet where she sat, her brows furrowed as she looked up at him. "Then I have no voice with her either." She stated. Gannicus nodded and sat beside Eliza, wrapping his right arm around her shoulders. "Its for the best, I suppose." Eliza told him, trying to reason out her own thinking.
"That you no longer have ties to Gaius or Illythia?"
"Yes." Eliza confirmed, nodding as Gannicus stood up, pulling her with him. "What now?" Eliza asked him, as they sat side-by-side on his 'bed'. Gannicus only replied by taking his right hand and slowly moving it up her thigh. Eliza smirked slightly as Gannicus did, he leaned in and kissed her slowly, Eliza kissing back just as gently before the kiss became more hungry.
Gannicus moved with Eliza as she began to lie back on the bed, her hands working through Gannicus' hair. He began by unclasping her dress and pulling it off of her, where he started missing down her body. Gannicus massaged her breasts softly, softly sucking on the pale flesh after he licked over it to leave a faint mark.
Eliza's right hand trailed down to his pants, and she slowly slid her hand into them and took Gannicus' semi-hard cock into her hand and began unbuckling his pants and sliding them off him. He moaned as she pumped her hand around him, bucking his hips slightly Eliza smirked. But as Gannicus went to spread her legs, Eliza moved quickly and rolled them.
She was on top of Gannicus and he was beneath her. Eliza still held his cock and slowly began to sink onto it, but only the tip as she circled her hips causing him to moan. She sunk down the rest of the way, causing him to fill her entirely as she began to roll her hips with Gannicus' hands on them and her ass.
Eliza had her hands on his chest, dragging her nails across it as he moaned loudly, his breath beginning to become heavy as did Eliza's. Gannicus' hands moved from her ass and hips to slid up her body, resting just below her breasts. Eliza cursed as she moaned, leaning down to kiss Gannicus quickly. Gannicus caught her bottom lip between his teeth and waited for her to open her mouth before slipping his tongue inside.
They tongues slid along each others', moving rhythmically together with their bodies. "Oh, fuck -" Eliza moaned into Gannicus' mouth as she leaned back and began clenching around him. "I'm gonna -"
Gannicus cut her off by thrusting upwards against her, causing her to lean back farther and set her hands on his knees. Her hair cascading like a chocolate waterfall as Gannicus watched her throat tighten and her body spasm as her legs shook.
He only thrusted a couple more times as she rode out her orgasm, causing him to climax and release into her without hesitance. Eliza moved even slower as Gannicus moved her hips to help him milk everything from his orgasm. She shuddered as she was sensitive. Eliza gently rolled off of him, and Gannicus leaned down to swipe his cloak from the ground and lay it over them.
Eliza was soon asleep after that as Gannicus stared outside as the fires that were still going from the gladiators. Many were asleep or having sex, or eating, but they were awake. Gannicus moved to stare at Eliza who he thought asleep but his movements woke her without his knowledge.
"I love you." He whispered, the words having not left his mouth only but a couple times other. He saw Eliza shift and wrinkle her nose slightly, which he found cute as she made a slight sound. "I love you too..." She mumbled. Gannicus squeezed her closer to him, kissing her hair as he fell asleep.
Just how it should be.
Eliza awoke without Gannicus beside her and thought it had been a dream, but she heard him outside talking and laughing with someone. The brunette stood and looked for her dress, then she saw her baskets and smiled. Pulling out a clean black dress, she set it down and saw a bucket of water. Which she used to wash her face, hands, legs and arms before she turned and put on her dress.
She walked out and stretched, her bones cracking slightly as she walked over to Gannicus who turned to her. "Here." Gannicus told her. "Its food." He explained as she stared at the slimy looking food. Eliza nodded and moved it around as Gannicus called over someone.
"Eliza, this is Agron." Gannicus introduced, who gestured to two other men. "Also, Nasir and Crixus, meet Eliza." Gannicus added as the three men nodded to her. She smiled at them.
"I thought that a camp of gladiators is too much for royalty." Crixus told her, tilting his head.
Eliza stared at him as Gannicus ate. "I do not think of myself as royal, or above gladiators. I am human, as are you - Except some are gods of the arena." Eliza told him before glancing at Gannicus who smirked knowingly. Agron kept glancing at Nasir and smiling.
"You are the praetor's sister, yes?" Nasir asked. Eliza nodded as Nasir was about to talk before he was pulled away by someone, as was Crixus. She looked at Agron. "You're together?" Eliza questioned.
"What?"
"You and Nasir." She whispered, Agron nodded slightly. Eliza smiled warmly and patted the large man's shoulder. "Good for you both."
"And you and Gannicus are?" Agron asked, glancing between her and Gannicus as he finished his food. Eliza nodded and sighed. "Yes, but I fear we will be torn apart."
"By choice?" Agron asked with furrowed brows. Eliza nodded. "Yes, just not by our choice."
The man nodded in understanding, Eliza could tell she'd become good friends with him, and he turned to walk away. "I must see Illythia." Eliza told Gannicus as he watched her eat a spoonful of food before wrinkling her nose in disgust before eating more. "I thought you had no voice with her?"
"I don't, but eyes I do. I must see that she is okay." Eliza explained as Gannicus nodded, he took her to Illythia and Eliza crouched down to see the woman in a small cell. She looked like Pluto himself had sent hell-fire up to rise against her. The woman's eyes opened and she smiled as best she could until she saw Gannicus beside Eliza.
"I need out." Illythia told the woman, pleading slightly.
"You will go back to Gaius." Eliza said in a monotone voice. "They have no care for you here, except Spartacus." Eliza added, shaking her head.
"Why have you come to seek me, your friend, yet you speak as if I'm a stranger?" Illythia asked, her voice worn out.
"You are a stranger to me now, Illythia. You are not carrying my blood, you are carrying a gladiator's."
"As are you!" Illythia snapped.
Eliza knew Illythia was right. "But by my own choice am I." Eliza replied. "And he knows his child will be birthed, he has known since what you had us do. Yet Spartacus did not know until now."
"Eliza!" Illythia shrieked as the brunette began to exit the room. "Silence yourself, Illythia." Eliza commanded. "For no pleads will fix what damage you've done."
Gannicus and Eliza exited together and walked back to Gannicus' room. He watched her and seemed to be thinking. "Before you question, I have not bled yet. I myself, do not know whether or not I carry your spawn."
Gannicus nodded and his eyes seemed to soften. "Why do you address it as my spawn?" He asked, he looked like a kicked puppy. A pout on his face, with his big, brown eyes as he leaned on his hands at the edge of the bed.
"Apologies, our spawn." Eliza told him. "Our child." She added.
"He will be strong." An unfamiliar voice to Eliza said. Eliza looked up at a man, a tall man.
"Eliza, meet Spartacus." Gannicus said, smiling and going to hug the man. The two hugged quickly before Spartacus stepped further into the room to look at Eliza. "The praetor's cousin..." Spartacus said slowly as he laughed.
"His cousin!" The man shouted, still laughing before stopping to look at Gannicus. "What were you thinking?" He asked. "Taking them? Why?"
"Spartacus?" Eliza asked, trying to get him to back off of Gannicus. "I was not betrothed and my cousin and his council thought it best to carry out the gladiator's legacy. They say I have the body of a goddess but a woman strong enough to birth children." Eliza informed him.
Spartacus glanced between the two and clenched his jaw. "If you return to Gaius, then no words of this camp shall you speak." He said. Eliza nodded.
Spartacus left and Gannicus leaned over and kissed Eliza. "No harm will come to you." He assured her. Eliza nodded and watched him kiss over her knuckles. "I promise, my love."