Redsand Canyon Your kisses are poison and all your words are treason

Kallik couldn't help the flare of protective anger in his chest when the imperator offered for the strangers to wait near the tablinum—near his pregnant wife. Towhee's family or not, he didn't like the idea of them being that close to Aquene. He knew it couldn't always be helped, with her being the medicus, but that didn't mean he liked it one bit. 

So he tensed next to Germanicus. He intended to escort them, as well. He would also remain near the tablinum. He refused to let his wife be near strangers alone. Her pregnancy was fairly progressed at this point, and because of that his worry was overbearing.