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

Chapter XXIII

Two weeks, it had been two weeks since I had warned Ilithyia about staying away from Crixus. Two weeks since my brothers earned the mark of the brotherhood, and the attempt on Spartacus. Three weeks, since I was reunited with my brothers. A reunion that tasted bitter sweet with the amount Dominus saw fit to keep us from speaking. Naevia had grown weary of passing messages from me to them through Crixus. A man I had begun to grow distant with, since the arrival of my brothers. The three hated each other.

I stood on the balcony watching the men train below, Domina was attending a guest with Naevia while Dominus was in market with Ashur. Life had grown stale, grown empty much like it had all those years ago when he left me. I watched as Duro fell to the ground while training with Agron, if he continued to show this weakness in training and dependance on Agron. The other men would chew him up, and spit him out like the nights meal.

"Jana." A voice spoke from behind me, I turned to see a guard. "Yes?" I asked him as I moved from the railing and walked closer. "You have been summoned." He told me flatly, his voice cold as stone.

I followed him back to where Domina and her guest Licinia were looking at some of the ceremonial masks. I have seen these very masks many times since even before the gaining of Spartacus. Woman of note, even those of none often used them when they would purchase the use of Gladiators. Since the fame of the ludus was growing with the help of the man, woman of much higher note had been requesting the service of many different Gladiators. Spartacus being requested but always being of far to great an expense. Not, for Licinia from the sounds of it.

I watched as the stood in front of Mira, a new addition to the slaves. She wore the mask of Diana, The Goddess of the Hunt. Mira had grown close with me as Naevia began to drift, her love for Crixus was slowly growing into an obsession between the two of them. She spent many nights in secret at the gates below speaking with him all hours of the night. Should Domina ever find out I don't even think death would be a serious enough punishment. Domina would grow insane with any mention of him and another woman. Even Dominus had noticed, even though he always knew.

I watched as they removed the mask from Mira's face as the girls smiled softly to me. Camila motioned for the women to leave as Domina and her guest had begun to leave the room leaving me standing there waiting for Mira to approach me. I bent down lifting up a robe off the ground and handed it to her as she swiped it from my hands dressing quickly. "Diana, did you chose that or was it chosen for you?" I laughed softly to her as she gave me a look.

"Well I would have picked Minerva, though I think we both know that would always be reserved for you." She smirked, "Clever girl." I laughed.

"Another woman of note to lay with a Gladiator, who is it this time?" I asked her as she let out a huff of air. "Spartacus is the man that dampens the space between her wealthy legs." She snarled. "Mira, is this jealousy?" I teased her. "Hardly, I've seen the man once by accident when I was on the balcony." She told me.

"What are you doing here anyway?" She asked me, "I was summoned, but clearly not by Domina." I told her as we both just stared at each other. "That doesn't sound ominus at all, Jana." She told me as I laughed, "No not at all."

That was when I heard the voice of the person who had likely really been the source of my summons. "Oh." Her high pitched voice rang through the villa. "Wonder what she wants." Mira asked me.