In Columned Halls We

Kallias watched the king turn, feeling almost wistful, but then he felt something else expanding in his chest, growing bigger and bigger with every step Laurent took until finally he could no longer hold in and it all spilled forward.“What about Erasmus?” A small part of him was appalled by how loud and vulgar his voice sounded, how wrong to hear it echoing between the columns. “Do you know? He was one of the slaves…”With peace finally ruling over Akielos and Vere in the form of the two new kings, Kallias must find a way to reach Erasmus, whose life he saved with a simple kiss. But to Erasmus, that kiss was anything but salvation...