Bowing to Love: The Noble and the Gladiator

Lucianus, a nobleman, holds that love wastes time and energy. Then a gladiator named Dominatus rescues him, and the certainty starts to slip. Spending time in the right company no longer looks like a loss.

Lucianus cannot bring himself to confess how strongly he feels about the man who saved him. Instead he pays Dominatus for a night together. That purchase leads to a run of steamy encounters, and the romance between them is explicit.

The pull between them is strong, but the gap in rank worries Lucianus. A nobleman and a gladiator who are found out could face real trouble, so he keeps his longing close.

Then Dominatus is matched in the arena against a fighter the emperor favors. He steps into the fight without hesitating, though it could kill him. The question is whether he survives the sands before Lucianus finds the words to tell him the truth.