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Nov. 18th, 2012 09:05 amAnd here's the last part of the full scene from The City War, my new novella from Riptide Press!
Find previous parts here.
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“Your new horse-boy. Aristus implied he was offering more than his services as a groom. He’s handsome. Thinking of throwing me over?”
“For a horse-boy?” Brutus laughed. “I think not. I felt bad for him, that’s all. His father fought in the civil war. For the other side,” he added, and nudged Cassius’s thigh with his knee.
( You'd have thrown in with Caesar too, if you weren't so damned ambitious. )
Find previous parts here.
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“Your new horse-boy. Aristus implied he was offering more than his services as a groom. He’s handsome. Thinking of throwing me over?”
“For a horse-boy?” Brutus laughed. “I think not. I felt bad for him, that’s all. His father fought in the civil war. For the other side,” he added, and nudged Cassius’s thigh with his knee.
( You'd have thrown in with Caesar too, if you weren't so damned ambitious. )