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Alcmene felt her heart race as she ran her hand over the heated skin of the man before her. No Atticus was more than a simple man, he was a Gladiator. A man sculpted by the gods themselves, a man with the love of the people and the stamina of a bull. He had not fallen in the arena and Alcmene couldn't fathom it happening any time soon.

She waited for the other men to leave before stepping around to face Atticus. "What say you?" she asked the unshakable need to hear his voice tugged at her mind. "I know protecting a woman is not near as exciting as fighting in arena...but," she smiled and slowly licked her lips, "I would find it most pleasing if you did." her voice filled with a promising tone as she spoke.

The woman behind her did not even

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