"An Ibis?" I wrinkled my nose as I looked up at the hotel sign. I had been expecting something more luxurious for our unexpected trip to Rome, and I was surprised that a woman as elegant as Aurelia was willing to stay in a budget hotel. "Please tell me this isn't where you plan for us to stay for the next week, I will gladly pay for us to stay somewhere with a real spa." "I'm fond of this hotel," Aurelia shrugged as we walked into the lobby with Felix trailing behind us like a nervous child. "Because of the name?" he asked, unexpectedly, at the same time as I noticed the sign behind the front desk. Roma Aurelia. Her name was uncommon, but not unheard of, and I wasn't sure whether the place was named in her honor whenever it was first built or if she liked it more for the low rates and

