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Zoe POV

I got up the next morning and get ready. I knew that I was meeting Dave before we went to the games. Jeff helped me to get ready and I met Dave in the hallway. I took his arm as we walked out to the balcony. He dismissed his servant and only his personal guards were nearby; I guess I didn't look like an assassin.

We were eating small stuff and I was looking out over the city. Dave was eating and reading something for the senate. I knew that if he really wanted to talk then he would bring it up.

"Zoe?" he called and I looked at him.

"Yes, Dave?" I asked him.

"I want to know something…" he said and I nodded.

"I want to know what you think of Punk?" he asked me and I was a little taken back by the question.

"He is nice and I have known him since we were little. I don't have a problem with him, is something wrong?" I asked him.

"I don't know if I trust him." He said and I nodded.

"What has he done?" I asked him.

"He is asked for too much." He said and I didn't know if he was referring to me or not.

We continued to talk and Dave never once showed his temper, so I was relieved, but I didn't know how long 'nice' Dave was going to last. I rode with Dave to the Coliseum and joined Punk in his area.

"Good morning." He said and I smiled at him.

We began to watch the games and I was enjoying them. The gladiators were much better than the past few days had been.

"What's wrong?" Punk whispered to me.

"Dave doesn't know if he can trust you anymore." I told him and he looked at me.

"Thank you." he said and kissed my cheek.

"Do you mind sitting with Dave, I need to go check on Gladiators." He said and I nodded.

He took me to Dave's area and disappeared. I sat down with Dave who was happy to see me and I was given more grapes to snack on.

Dave POV

We were sitting there waiting for the afternoon games to start. I was talking with Zoe when the Gladiators started to march out. They were re-enacting a battle and I was enjoying it. I enjoyed it even more when they started to win over the professional Gladiators. The slaves were surprisingly good and they had a leader among them.

"Ric, I want to meet him." I told Ric and he nodded.

"I will be back." I told Zoe and she nodded. Ric took her to Maria's box to wait with Maria and Paul.

Zoe POV

I walked in there with Maria and Paul. I was greeted with a hug from each of them and I stood by Maria as Dave walked out to the gladiators. I stood beside the edge as Dave walked out there to them.

"Are you ok?" Paul asked me.

"Yes, but I think that Dave is going to keep me for himself." I told them and Paul gave me a quick hug. I sat with them as we watched more of the games.

John POV

I was waiting to fight, but we didn't get to fight today. I was a little disappointed because I wanted to fight and I knew that Zoe was watching. I had overheard Punk talking about her to another man and I was at least glad to hear that she was alright, but I was surprised that she was in the palace.

I was sitting with Rey when we saw Dave walking towards us. I just turned to face the corner because I didn't want him knowing I was alive; I would be put to death immediately. I wanted one last time to see Zoe, before Dave got his hands on me.

"What?" he asked Punk.

"You are going to keep Zoe, aren't you?" he asked me and I perked up at her name.

"Why do you think that?" Dave asked him.

"I can see the way that you look at her. You absolutely loathed her and now you have a different look. I only asked for one thing and I WANT her." He told Dave. I was upset to hear them fighting over her, because I knew that she would hate this.

"Punk, you can move into the palace." He said to Punk and I was shocked.

"Why?" Punk asked him.

"Because she isn't leaving it right now, you want her, you move in." Dave told Punk and you could see that Punk wasn't happy. Dave just smirked as Punk walked away. I knew that Dave was still a cruel person.

Dave POV

I was livid at him, because he was going to question me. I was going to give her to him, but right now, I was re-thinking my agreement with him. I walked back to my horse and went back to the palace. I had Ric bring Zoe to me. I wanted to see her, because I wanted to know what she really wanted.

I was in my room when Ric brought her in and left her with me.

"Zoe, come here." I told her as she walked out onto the balcony with me. She just stood beside me and I looked at her. She was perfect and beautiful; I now wondered if Punk deserved her.

"Yes?" she asked me, quietly.

"Are you happy?" I asked her and she just looked at me.

"Yes, I am happy to be in the palace." She said.

"Would be happy being in the palace for the rest of your life?" I asked her and she looked out over Rome.

"I am not a Queen, and honestly, I wouldn't know how to be one. Maria was raised like this and I was raised to be a wife. I have no desire to do anything except help my family." She said and I liked her answer. She was so diplomatic about her answer and she didn't hurt anyone's thoughts or feelings. I just smiled at her.

"You have the makings of a Queen." I told her and she looked down.

"You have no desire to be one though, do you?" I asked her and she wouldn't look at me.

"Zoe, look at me." I told her, in a harsh voice. She looked at me and she wasn't happy; I just sighed.

"No." she whispered and I was a little angry.

"Why?" I asked her and she wouldn't answer me. I grabbed her chin and made her look at me.

"I don't want to be with you." she said and I was very angry.

"What is wrong with me?" I asked her.

"I want to marry for love; I don't love you for any reason other than you are my emperor." she said and I just glared at her.

"I can make you love me." I growled at her. I could see the tears forming in her eyes; she was the most perfect person I knew, but I didn't know if I liked it anymore. She had told me the truth and I didn't like it.

"What about Punk?" I asked her.

"I have known him since I was little." She said and I knew that she trusted him more.

I let go of her and she stepped away from me. I was so mad because she was the person who would help me, but yet she couldn't love me. I wanted to be loved. I saw her walked towards the door, but I grabbed her arm and brought her to me.

"All I wanted was a friend." I told her.

"I can be your friend, but nothing more." She said and I slapped her.

"You will be what I want you to be." I told her.

"RIC!" I yelled and he came into the room. I threw her to him and he looked at me.

"Take her to her room, and tell Paul, I want to talk to him." I said and Ric carried her out of my room.

I waited and Paul came in a minute later. I just looked at him.

"Is everything alright?" he asked me and I shook my head no.

"Your sister isn't cooperating." I told him and he just looked at me.

"What is the problem?" he asked me.

"She wants to be out of the palace." I told him and he looked at me.

"I understand your frustration, but she isn't used to it. She didn't ever have an idea that she would live in the palace…" he was saying.

"She has the idea to marry for love." I told him and he nodded.

"She has since we were little and she still isn't over John." He told me and I growled. I remember John, he was my father's favorite general and I was compared to him. I hated him and I had taken care of him.

"I took care of him and I didn't expect to still have to deal with him." I said.

"What do you want from my sister? I thought that you were giving her to Punk?" He asked me.

"I was, but I don't know anymore, she confuses me because she is so different." I told Paul and he nodded.

"Please, just don't hurt my sister." He told me and I looked at him.

We finished talking and I kept thinking about what she had told me. I knew that she didn't love me, but did I want to make her love me?

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