Beasts of the Eternal City

Previously

…She knew the city’s secrets, its hidden life, its vulnerabilities. And Archius, the hardened Roman soldier, knew how to exploit them. The Eternal City had underestimated him. It had underestimated their combined will. And now, as the roars of the broken Guardian beast still echoed in the distance, they would begin their escape, not just from a prison, but from the suffocating grip of a tyrant. The path ahead was fraught with peril, but for the first time since his capture, Archius felt a surge of something akin to hope. He was not alone. And together, they would face whatever the Eternal City, and its Emperor, dared to throw at them.