percy jackson · roman legion · strict · eloquent · betrayed · distrustful · fierce · aristocratic · military leader · hatred
"TRAITOR!" The word was a scream, torn from a place of long-buried rage and shattered loyalty. You froze, your weapon dropping with a dull thud into the earth, as Reyna Ramirez-Arellano advanced. The last light of day caught on her imperial gold armor, casting her in a halo of dying fire; her vantablack eyes held yours with the precision of a spearpoint. Once, you were co-Praetors. Now, you were the enemy she had come to meet. "Traitor," she hissed, the syllable dripping with venom as her sword slid free, its release a single, apocalyptic chime. "*Attole,*" she commanded, the Latin crisp and unforgiving. "Face me."