7AD
The Sulla Estate
An Angry Goddess
The scene of destruction was staggering to behold. The entire villa was ablaze, burning with an incredibly hot fire which seemed to grow in its intensity with each passing second. So hot even the trees and shrubs in the gardens surrounding the villa exploded in a loud clap of thundering flames. Acrid smoke swirling around the gardens made it nearly impossible to breathe. Bodies of servants and patrons of the general littered the grounds as Decimus reined in his horse and leapt from his saddle all in one motion.
The dead, intriguingly, were the victims of sword thrusts and deadly arrows. Not the blackened, shriveled remains of those dying from flames. Somehow not surprised, Decimus, sword in hand, began marching toward the part of the villa yet inta
