Unconditionally (Spartacus FANFIC -- Gannicus/Caesar/OC)

Chapter XVI

The days had gone by and I was allowed very little time near Spartacus with the fear of the prying eyes and ears surrounding us. He seemed to take my words to heart with the fact that he was doing just about anything to please Dominus and Oenomaus. To no avail, Oenomaus had told me in passing he felt the man was days from his last breath. Yet, something told me he was the change this house needed.

I looked forward and watched as Dominus spun around in the dry garden. The drought was getting worse. Even the night was becoming slightly unbearable, and water in the entire city was proving to be more and more sparse. Unless you had the coin to see it into your villa that was, something we were running on empty with.

"Dominus?" I questioned to him as he seem to continue standing there basking in the heat. "Rain! By Jupiter's cock, would you fucking rain!" He shouted at the sky before facing me.

"What news do you bring tell me it's at least worthwhile." He asked me angrily.

"It's in regards to the games primus." I told him as he dropped his arms walking towards me, "The primus?" He questioned me.

"I believe the favor is in this house to be chosen to fight in it, and Domina will question you about that." I pointed to his bloodied tunic.

He just sighed, "It's nothing, but the primus... so close within our grasp." He told me before resuming what he had been doing before I walked outside.

"What are you doing?" Domina questioned walking out standing across from me with Naevia behind her. "Praying." Dominus told her flatly as she turned to look at me as I just shook my head and shrugged my shoulders. To say the least, this looked incredibly strange to me. "Blaspheming." Domina spoke.

"Well the two are narrowly separated in these trying times." He told her before motioning me to following him towards her and Naevia. "Perhaps the gap widens." She told him holding up a piece of paper.

"More creditors, seeking action?" He scoffed looking over at me. "Something of more cheerful note, recently delivered..." She begun to say, Dominus knew I only gathered my information from sending Ashur to the markets to gauge the favor in the streets from locals and higher officials. Not, from anything as the likes of notes.

"From Magistrate Calavius...He is coming here to personally select men for his games." He spoke as I moved to take my place next to Naevia as she just lowered her head to face the ground.

"Games to appease the gods and end the drought!" Domina told him as she seemed to stare upwards towards the sky. "The biggest games since Theokoles bested 100 men in the arena." She continued as Dominus looked over to me as I just smiled nodding my head slightly.

"So that would mean the information Jana faired was true." He commented as Domina turned around to face him "The Primus." She all but whispered out to him.

"If we were to secure the main event at these games... " He told her as she rushed forwards. "He arrives within the hour." She told him as I turned slightly to Naevia, "Any developments?" I asked her as her cheeks just began to grow red. "Not now, they can hear." She told me as I just continued to smirk.

"Jana, go make sure Oenomaus is prepared for the arrival he will want the men to be most attentive." He told me as I nodded making my way quickly down the stairs to find Oenomaus.

I noticed the men were having their evening meal which knowing the cook was likely warm. Many of these men were likely to vomit out all of this getting weaker as the sun rose in the sky. "Barca?" I questioned as the man approached me, "We have not spoken in some time." He told me.

"We spoke possibly a week ago, before you guys left for the pits. Is there something wrong? Is Pietros ok?" Barca laughed lowly, "I merely wanted to make sure you were ok." He told me.