True Man
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Last published Tue, Sep 29, 2020
"Perhaps it was the way he watched me.. I could not look away as his steady grey eyes slunk over to me and I cowered in my rotten, dirty clothes. He blinked once, then twice, as if clearing something from his head. I knew this was it. He took his dagger from its elegant hilt and raised it above his head."
Aurelia is what they call a "helot". An expendable slave who knows her role. When a growing Spartan man makes it his goal to kill her, will she make it through the night? Or has he got something else in mind?
Minimal swearing
Updates every Sunday!
Started-10 July 2015
Revived-20 September 2019
Please let me know if there are any errors! I hope to one day publish this story! So harsh criticisms are greatly appreciated!
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