Chapter Eighteen
THE HOUSE OF AENEAS was the second house, after the House of Remus, to indicate their support for Rome and condemn the Hercules’ actions. The battle lines were being drawn. Tony didn’t like it, but he confined his gripping to nagging the team. He never tried to work against our consensus.
And then the House of Hercules made their move. They threatened a war on Rome, urging the other legends of the need to teach us a lesson. No one really wanted that. The Roman government certainly didn’t, and if there was a way to avoid a war without putting ourselves at greater risk, they’d take it. But nothing they could do would guarantee that.
Berti was in consultation with local leaders, as something of an expert. And she kept dropping hints to us, that maybe we could take a more a
