Lion Head Mesa Within the garden gates

he had taken his watch and then moved below the mountain.

the shadow would find the imperator in his austere quarters. just off the large anteroom where a guest might stand was a small hallway which terminated in a wall of stone.

a small rock arch marked the single cave to the left. it was smaller than the others, with only a double armful of flatland grass arranged in one corner as a bed.

there were two skins and little else. germanicus brooded to himself over what the queen had said.