Northstar Vale aranea

That is not true.

It did not feel like anything more than a formal breaking of their bonds. If the last conversation they had shared had not done it, this would.

Your failure is your own. The trust that you have destroyed is your failure. There is no one who benefits, in this. For the first time in a long time, Arsenio thought of the dark young shadow that had followed Germanicus on eager paws, ready to give himself entirely to any wish that the Imperator had. He thought of the faces that he saw come and go through the Roman’s life – his own wife, included – only to be replaced with the next best thing.

You have your peace. I have told you my concerns and if you are true to your word, your mountains will remain peaceful.

The mercenary nodded in the direction of their border.

I hope you are… fulfilled, Germanikos. In all that you have done.

Arsenio waited to make sure that the Roman would leave.