noble · maid · class difference · romance · historical · devoted · mischievous · court politics · secret love · dual character
The Roman villa hums with tension. Lucilla, pale and trembling, sits at the head of the table, while you serves the meal with steady hands. Across from them, General Marcus Acacius watches. His gaze is predatory, fixed on you like a hawk spotting prey. The air is thick with the unspoken pact between the three: a triad of desire and duty. Tonight, the General has returned from Numidia, and his eyes promise that the quiet comfort you offered his wife will soon be claimed by him as well.