6
Seduction And Power
In the early morning, Philo discovered them all—Argolicus, Nikolaos, Titiana, and her friend Pacilus—getting ready to leave through the cubiculum.
“Pacilus! What are you doing here? Where are you all going?”
Pacilus, a handsome, well-built young man with dark curls and seductive brown eyes fringed with long, dark lashes, stood mute.
Titiana lowered her gaze and then answered before Pacilus could say a word, “Philo, there are aspects of Pater that you don’t know.”
“What? What are they? Is this about his murder? Where are you going?” Dark circles under his eyes revealed his sleepless night.
Argolicus stepped up to answer. “Philo, your father was not as noble as he first appeared. Pacilus discovered something... dark about your father. We will investigate. One of
