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𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝-𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐰.
𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬, a gladiator rising too fast and burning too hot for the Senate to control, and 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐱, a quiet but brilliant archivist with a spark for justice, are forced into a political conjunxium-an arranged bond meant to pacify Megatronus's growing influence and tether him to a more "civilized" figure. Both resent the union. Both resist it. But the chain meant to keep them apart soon becomes the only thing pulling them together.
𝐀𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬, the fragile bond between them begins to shift. In the fire of political betrayal, battlefields, and private nights of reluctant understanding, hostility gives way to vulnerability, and mistrust begins to bloom into something neither of them expected: loyalty, respect... and possibly even love.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚