CHAPTER SIXTEEN The sun was low as they strolled together along the firm golden sand just above the water. The air was filled with the rush of the … [Read more...] about Carpe Diem, Day 19
Carpe Diem, Day 18
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Back inside the prefect’s house, Albanus was amazed that the boys were so quiet. Surely they were not sitting in their places, … [Read more...] about Carpe Diem, Day 18
Carpe Diem, Day 17
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Boys! The sudden thought knocked aside all speculation about bakers and business deals and murderers and even about Virana, locked in … [Read more...] about Carpe Diem, Day 17
Carpe Diem, Day 16
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Back inside the fort and mercifully no longer on horseback, Albanus managed to sprint past the prefect’s house without being seen by … [Read more...] about Carpe Diem, Day 16
Carpe Diem, Day 15
CHAPTER TWELVE Albanus was already out of bed and fumbling with his bootlaces by the time the trumpet sounded first watch. Over at the stables, the … [Read more...] about Carpe Diem, Day 15
Carpe Diem, Day 14
CHAPTER ELEVEN Back in the lamplit hall of the infirmary, Albanus paused to bow to the Tungrian god of healing. The statue carried on staring at a … [Read more...] about Carpe Diem, Day 14
Carpe Diem, Day 13
CHAPTER TEN “Oh dear, oh dear gods, oh dear!” Albanus hurried across the short distance between Centurion Curtius’s office and the prefect’s house. … [Read more...] about Carpe Diem, Day 13
Carpe Diem, Day 12
CHAPTER NINE When Albanus had finished talking, the centurion looked him up and down and said, “You?” “Yes, sir.” “I see.” Curtius’s tone suggested … [Read more...] about Carpe Diem, Day 12