In the darkness, Flavia and Nubia wake to cries and the sounds of a struggle.
Flavia's father, has been stabbed and his life hangs in the balance.
Only Nubia has faith that the
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In the darkness, Flavia and Nubia wake to cries and the sounds of a struggle.
Flavia's father, has been stabbed and his life hangs in the balance.
Only Nubia has faith that the gentle Aristo, their tutor, could not possibly be behind the attack.
The children take a carruca into the hills outside Ostia, in pursuit of the murderer. But the murderer is willing to kill again...