The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy)

by Elodie Harper

Perhaps nothing marks the passage of time as inexorably as the loss of love.

Then there is a loud rattling as the pots on the shelves skitter, one falling to the ground with a smash.

the volcano is going to erupt and they will think Amara and Philos are dead but really they ran away with their daughter I HOPE

“I am relieved. But for Rufina! Not for myself. I hate every part of this. I hate to think of you with him. How can you believe the idea of him marrying you doesn’t make me jealous? When there was once so much love between us?

she has the savagery of a god, consumed by vengeance.

Whether Britannica is living or dead, she would not want them to perish looking for her;

NO

“It’s why I love you. It is why I will always love you.”

“I am the admiral’s freedwoman, Plinia Amara. Please take me to him!” The man looks at her, suspicious. “This is my … freedman, Philos. And my daughter Rufina.

“My darling, there is no need. Julia always said she had her father’s eyes.”

facing. “My darling,” Livia whispers, drawing Amara closer so that their faces are almost touching. “There is something else. Have you seen my dear friend Amara?”

She turns. It is Felix.

“Timarete scorned the duties of women and practiced her father’s art.”

He looks down in surprise. Amara’s fingers are clasped around a knife, buried deep underneath his ribs.

YES

Timarete rises.

YES

She touches the tattered amulet around her neck.

Britannica ?!!??????!!!!

“Not afraid are you, Britannica?”

AHHHHH YEA YE yea YEA