Haunted Wood I see you in my dreams

a sour bitch, germanicus commented crassly in his head.

"she was an unpleasant woman. but she was unpleasant because our father was a fool." easy now, to speak ill of the man who had sired him. but the eagle had been shoved into the arms of their military at walking-age. cato had been written out of the scrolls for being an artist, and unambitious in the way that father had wanted. this left strident tiberius and exhausted servanus.

but he did not want to speak of them now.

or livilla.

"she loved one man. he married her to another. she met the first in secret, and conceived his child. we all would not have known it had julia herself not thrown it in father's face one night. she never forgave him for ruining her happiness."

germanicus did not know why he was telling this story.