Bellatrix is well-known, rich, and the most dangerous woman around. She's forced to fight to the death, for the brutal entertainment of bloodthirsty crowds... Cato is the Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. He's trapped in his gilded cage, forced to be the face for his father's rule. He's rebellious, angry, and dangerous ... And he should have let her gladiator opponent kill her. But for some reason, he saved her. The Roman Empire is on the verge of collapse, treachery is rampant, and no one can be trusted. Love is on no one's mind... well, until it is. Rome will fall, and she will rise. *Based on the actual fall of the Western Roman Empire and Emperor Romulus Augustus in 476 AD. Some changes have been made for the purposes of the story*