"He witnessed the whole thing, sir." The horrors that boy has been through!"
Gaius went on to tell Misenus everything Daxos had told him about the hunting party, the screams, the c*****e, the dead rising, everything. When he finished, he looked at the tribune for some sign, for the order to march at first light.
"I like you, Justus. The commander likes you. I know Lycus loves you like a son. But I can't go to the commander with a story like this when all we have is the word of a distraught child and a dead mad man who tried to kill the commander."
"But, sir!"
"Let me finish, Optio." Misenus held up his hand. "Lycus and the men have only been gone a week. The distance is far and the terrain unknown. The imperial map makers and engineers have not covered the area as yet. If Centurion Lyc
