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Esha Napoleon- Thanks for the review!

Maria POV

I watched as Paul came in that night and he looked exhausted. I knew that we were all worried about Zoe. Dave may be my brother, but I hated him at the moment. He was hurting my husband and my best friend and I didn't like what he had become.

"Are you alright?" I asked Paul as he laid down.

"I am worried about Zoe." He told me and I laid my head on his chest.

"I am too." I confessed.

"Maria?" he asked me.

"Yes?" I replied.

"If something were to happen to Dave would you be upset?" he asked me and I looked at him.

"I would be only because he is my brother." I said and he gently kissed me.

I knew that someone would be plotting Dave's demise, but I hoped that if my husband was doing it then he wouldn't get caught. I didn't like what Dave was or what he stood for; he didn't care about the people or the empire, just himself.

I just held Paul as we slept that night, Rome was becoming dangerous and I didn't want him to slip away.

Zoe POV

I awoke the next morning and Punk was gone. I was getting used to Punk having to leave before dawn, but I hoped that Dave kept to his word and I would be with Punk soon. I got up and changed; I knew that Dave would summon me soon.

I walked out on the balcony and it was a cloudy day. I was sitting there when the door to my room opened and I saw Eric come storming up to me; he grabbed me and dragged me to Dave's room. I was getting used to being treated like a rag doll.

I just sat in the floor where Eric threw me and waited to be told what to do. I didn't fight back much anymore, because I was just waiting until I could be Punk's.

"You must not have slept well or Punk must have worn you out." Dave said and I finally raised my eyes to look at him.

"What are your plans for me today?" I asked with sarcasm.

"The games." He answered and I just looked back at the floor.

He finished getting ready and pulled me up. I just looked at him and he didn't look like he was in a terrible mood today. I began to walk behind him as we left for the games.

Dave POV

I was surprised when Zoe didn't fight back this morning. I was expecting her to fight or at least have something harsh to say, but instead I got nothing. I just pulled her to me as I got ready to leave for the games. She walked along behind me as we arrived and we sat in my area.

The first games were boring and I decided that I didn't want to stay to see the afternoon.

"Come on, we are going to the baths." I told them and Zoe followed me.

We arrived and I got into the bath. Zoe was sitting outside of the bath with my guards; I wanted her in the bath with me.

"I want everyone outside, except Zoe." I said and she just looked at me.

"Strip." I said and she took her clothes off and got into the bath with me.

I pulled her to into my lap and she just looked at me.

"What is wrong with you today?" I asked her.

"Why?" she asked me.

"You aren't being yourself." I said and she smirked.

"You don't know me well enough to know if I am being myself or not." She said and I just looked at her.

"I know you better than you think. I know that you love looking at the stars because they are your link to your parents, I know that you love thinks that are blue, that you hate large crowds, you believe in true love, and you hate me." I said and she just looked at me.

"You know a few things about me." She said and I just looked at her.

"Ok, fine, you know some things about me, but do you know anything about your people? Do you know that they are starving?" she asked me.

"Why do the people concern you?" I asked her.

"They don't, but they should concern you." she said and I just smirked.

"You would have made a good queen." I said.

"And you would have made a good emperor if you would have cared." She said and I just looked at her. I realized she really didn't care today and I was shocked. I grabbed her and pulled her close to me; she struggled a little as her back hit my chest.

"I knew you had some fight in you; are you not scared of me?" I growled in her ear.

"No, all you can do is kill me." She spat out.

"I wanted you to be queen, but you chose a dead person and an idea over me. I don't like not getting what I want." I told her.

"I know, you tell me often." She said and struggled some more.

"Then why don't you give in?" I asked her.

"What would I get out it? A life time of misery?" she replied to me.

"You would get to live and not see everyone you cared about killed." I said and she gasped.

"You would kill all your family just for me?" she asked me.

"You see Zoe you are just like me and I like that." I said.

"I am nothing like you." she said.

"Really, you slept with Punk to see John, you are giving me what I want to get Punk. You gave up freedom so your brother could get what he wanted, but you are waiting to call in that favor. You have no problem giving a little to get exactly what you want to make you happy. I am the same way, so now try and figure out if I would have a problem giving up my family for the one thing I want the most; that's you." I said and she froze.

"You can't." she whispered.

"Why can't I?" I asked her.

"I am asking you not too." She said.

"Why should I listen to you?" I asked her and she just looked at me.

"Because I will be your queen if you don't kill them." She whispered.

"I knew I would get what I wanted." I told her and I pushed her down onto me. I needed her at this moment.

Paul POV

I walked past Zoe in the hallway and she looked upset. I ran back and caught her right when she was going to her room.

"What happened?" I asked her.

"I have to be queen or all of you will die." She said and I just pulled her in a hug.

"What happened?" I asked her.

"Someone is working for Dave because he knew about me sleeping with John and Punk." She said and I just sat down with her.

"Who?" I asked her.

"Me." A voice said and we both looked to see Jeff standing on her balcony.

"What?" I asked Jeff.

"He offered me a good deal and I had to take it." Jeff said as Dave and Ric walked in from the balcony.

"You are free." Eric said and we just watched Jeff leave. I turned back to Dave walking towards us.

"Paul, did you really think I was going to let you marry my sister without getting exactly what I wanted in return? Did you really think I would just give Zoe up for nothing?" he asked me and I hated him more now. I pushed Zoe behind me and she wasn't happy either.

Zoe POV

I hated Dave; he had hurt or used everyone around me. I couldn't take it anymore; I reached under Paul's tunic and grabbed the dagger he kept on his back. Paul knew what I was doing and didn't try to stop me.

"Dave, can I talk to you, I don't want anyone else getting hurt. You will get what you want." I told him and he looked at me.

"Get out of my site. I will deal with you in a minute." He told Paul. Paul looked at me and then left.

"You too, Ric." I told Ric and Dave motioned for him to go.

The left and Dave just looked at me. I had the dagger hidden and I was going to use it. I walked up to Dave and pulled him to me as I kissed him. He just wrapped his arms around me and I didn't want the kiss, but I needed to keep him distracted.

I didn't want to be a murdered, but I wanted him to die. I didn't want Paul or Punk to take the fall for it, so I was going to do it. He had taken the most from me so I was going to take something from him.

"I am glad that you are going to be queen." He whispered and kissed my neck.

"Me too." I whispered as I raised the dagger and stabbed him in between the shoulder blades.

I stabbed him a few more times until he was lying in his own blood and I was covered in it. I had two choices I could walk up to Ric and confess it or I could commit suicide and join John I the afterworld.

Punk POV

I was walking through the school when Paul stopped me; I knew that something wasn't right from the look on his face.

"What happened?" I asked him.

"Zoe killed Dave." He said and I knew it was something else.

"And?" I asked him.

"She is with John in the afterworld." He said and my heart broke. I knew that she had always loved him and I was glad she had killed Dave, but I never wanted her to go as well.

Rome was different after Dave was assassinated and Maria was crowned with Paul as rulers over Rome. The people were taken care of and the senate had more power. We were always grateful to Zoe and we celebrated her death and birthday every year with games. She was known by the gods as a Roman hero, because she took down the tyrant.

A/N: I know probably not how you thought it was going to end. I hope you like it and thanks for all the reviews. Check out my other stories.