Time: 63 BC
Place: Rome
Cast:
Titus Fabius Marius – Roman patrician, 18
Fabia Maria Tertia, aka Mettia – Titus's sister, his twin
Fabia Maria Maior, aka Maxima, Titus's eldest sister
Fabia Maria Minor, aka Septima – Titus's elder sister
Caecilia Metella – their mother
Circe – Campanian slave to Caecilia Metella
Gelon – Nubian slave, gardener, and lover of Caecilia Metella
Tullia – Mettia's friend, daughter of Cicero
Excitement and anticipation erupted throughout the city of Rome as the news that the Senate had finally granted Lucullus a triumph spread amongst its citizens. Allies of the great general's rival, Pompey, had delayed the celebration for three years... but the city was at last going to witness the splendor of Lucullus's glorious victories in the east. The wealth that he had won in his campaigns against Mithradates was legendary and would provide a display that none who viewed it would ever forget.
Caught up in the exhilaration, Titus and Mettia ran home to deliver the news to their mother. Lucullus had been their father's patron and had provided support for his family after his death. During the Social Wars, Gaius Fabius Marius had given his support to the populares... earning him a place on Sulla's proscription list. While their father was eventually hunted down and assassinated, Lucullus – one of Sulla's ablest subordinates – had intervened on behalf of his wife and children, securing at least a large portion of the land and wealth that would normally have been confiscated after his death.
Charging past the doorkeeper, the twins ran to the gardens where their mother normally spent the hours of the early afternoon. Their shouts rang out as they searched for Caecilia Metella but went unanswered. Failing to find her there, Titus and Mettia sprinted to her rooms to give her the welcome news. Bursting into her bedchamber, they were startled to find Gelon, their Nubian gardener, standing at the edge of their mother's bed... a pair of slender legs wrapped around his waist.
Just as surprised by the sudden interruption, Gelon pulled away from the bed and swung around to find the source of the shouts he heard. His tunic had been pulled up above his waist but started to fall back into place as he turned to stare at the twins... or would have if not for his massive erection. Mettia's eyes rested on his glistening cock, coated with fluid, while her brother's gaze went past the gardener to the bed. Breathing a sigh of relief as he discovered that the woman there was not their formidable mother but one of her body servants, Titus regained his composure momentarily before his outrage overwhelmed him. The walls of the room echoed with his livid demand for an explanation. "What is the meaning of this?"
Circe spoke to the gardener. "Out of here... I'll deal with this!"
Catching the expression of fury on Titus's face, Gelon refused to budge... knowing that he might well find himself dead if he did not find some way to appease his master's anger. After all, he was a slave.
Titus seethed with rage as he stood in the center of his mother's bedchamber. Aware that she had favored Gelon and taken him as a lover, the youth felt a flush of resentment and indignation on her part. Titus could hardly blame her for her actions. After his father's death, no one had wanted to wed the wife of a man condemned as a traitor by the former dictator. It would risk any man's future... and possibly his life. Still alive and relatively young, Caecilia Metella had taken her pleasure where she could find it. The sight of the size of Gelon's cock confirmed Titus's belief that she had indeed enjoyed herself with him.
With a jerk of his head towards the doorway, the youth dismissed the gardener. "Get out! You know what would have happened if my mother had found you. If I even hear a rumor that you've done this again, I'll have your balls cut off... even if I have to do it with my own blade while some of the others hold you down!"
Had Titus been an older man he might never have made such a threat. Only eight years earlier Rome's slaves had risen against their harsh masters under the leadership of the gladiator Spartacus. The youth was too young to remember the terror that had filled the city as even the bravest of its citizens feared what their slaves might do to them in their sleep. Ultimately Crassus had put down the insurrection so brutally that slaves no longer held hope for escape from their fate... but the fear still lingered in the minds of many who had lived through the Servile Wars.
Sweating profusely, Gelon nodded, believing his master perfectly capable of carrying out his threat, and ran from the room. He might fuck other women again... but never in Caecilia Metella's own room. Remaining silent as the gardener left the room, Titus waited until he had passed through the doorway before turning his attention back to Circe. The woman had crawled out of his mother's bed while he looked away and now stood... eyes downcast and completely naked... before him, her clothes lying disheveled on the floor.
The youth could easily see why Gelon had chosen Circe. Her long black hair stood out against her olive-tinted skin of her native Campania as it fell across her shoulders... only partially concealing her breasts. Despite his outrage, Titus found that the vision before him excited his lust. Just the sight of her ample breasts, heavy and full as those of the marble statue of Venus that Lucullus kept in his atrium, caused his prick to swell. Unconsciously licking his lips, the youth let his gaze descend Circe's torso, noting her flat stomach before his eyes settled on her pubic mound... covered with dark hair, unlike patrician ladies who had every hair beneath their eyebrows plucked meticulously.
Plainly the girl was fully aware of the effect her body had on Titus. Raising her head slightly so that she could see him, Circe studied him closely... her eyes resting briefly on the growing bulge at the front of his tunic. As she assessed the youth's state, a sly grin appeared on her features. Her voice was soft and husky as she spoke. "Master, forgive us. I'm certain that I can find some way to make it up to you if you will only forget what you just saw."
As she addressed Titus, one of the girl's hands slid across her firm flesh... cupping one soft breast for a moment before sliding down her torso, across her flat stomach, until it rested on the dark thatch of hair just above her cunt. One finger teased her clit before it slid along the length of her slit... sinking in momentarily before she recalled that she still faced an irate master.
Circe's wanton display convinced the youth that she could indeed provide him with a distraction to appease his wrath; he had almost put it from his mind already so intent was he on her performance. He had certainly forgotten all about Mettia, still standing next to him, until she stirred at his side. Raising her voice slightly, the girl attempted to assume an air of severity when she responded to the slave's offer. "Do you think that you can bribe my brother with your body? Perhaps that might work... but you've forgotten about me!"
Noting the asperity in his sister's tone, Titus decided that he needed to act to calm the situation. Mettia's anger was justified. While the youth was quite willing to accept Circe's offer, he knew that it would weaken his authority with the slave. Although he was still young, Titus was the master of the house... having assumed his toga virilis months before. He could have simply ordered Circe to spread her legs for him... but his limited experience made the youth shy. While he had gone to a brothel in Subura several times with his friends, he rarely had sufficient coins to pay for more than a simple blowjob or, occasionally, he had eaten their cunt. Lucius and Spurius had taunted him good-naturedly... offering to allow him to watch as they planted their seed in the whores they selected. It had been worth it to hear the women correct his friends as they attempted to portray themselves as men of the world. Once, when she was finished with Spurius, one of the whores had taken pity on the youth... allowing him to mount her. Overexcited, he had pumped his cock into her with eager, rapid thrusts... and shot his load deep into her pussy all too soon.
Titus laid a hand on Mettia's shoulder, silencing her. Glancing at Circe, the youth noticed that his sister's harsh words had had no effect on her. If anything, the slave appeared amused by Mettia's outburst. As her master, he could not permit that... though he fervently wanted to fuck Circe. That, however, was nothing new. He had lusted after her for a couple of years... ever since he had learned just what went on between a man and woman. Glaring at his mother's body servant, he snarled, "Circe, put on your clothes and meet us in my room. We do not want my mother walking in on this."