The Oath Of Florian, (Paperback)

<p>Nineteen years old and already hardened by blood, sand, and spectacle, Cassius is Rome's prized brutality-kept alive by victory and owned by a system that calls it honor. Behind the cheers and golden laurels, he is still a boy with bruised knuckles and a borrowed future, carrying the weight of his family name: the son of a Roman senator whose legacy was forged not in applause, but in war.</p><p>When a political bargain demands an impossible union, Cassius is handed a fate more dangerous than any blade. To settle debts, secure alliances, and quiet simmering rivalries within the city's ruling class, he is forced into an arranged marriage with Marcus Florian, a <b>seventeen-year-old Roman nobleman</b> raised in silk and surveillance-his every breath measured, his choices edited before he can even speak them aloud.</p><p>What begins as a contract becomes something Rome never planned for.</p><p>In stolen moments between obligations and watchful eyes, Cassius and Marcus discover a fragile refuge in each other-built not on fantasy, but on truth. They learn each other's silences. They trade honesty like contraband. And in a world that tries to make them property, they choose trust slowly, deliberately, <b>on their own terms</b>-a tenderness that feels like rebellion.</p><p>But Rome is a city that devours softness.</p><p>Their growing bond draws the attention of Tiberius Florian, Marcus's father: a ruthless patriarch with ambition sharpened to a point. Determined to seize power, punish old enemies, and claim a Senate seat at any cost, Tiberius turns love into leverage and family into a weapon-willing to break his own son if it secures his rise and ruins the Maro name for good.</p><p>As the city tightens its grip and betrayal closes in from every corridor of marble, Cassius and Marcus must decide what they're willing to risk for freedom: loyalty, safety, reputation, even the illusion of obedience that keeps them breathing. Because in Rome, an oath can be salvation... or a sentence.</p>

• The Oath Of Florian, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798279032822
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-18
• Page Count: 304