Nasir is roughly twelve when he is purchased by a couple of freed men, both former gladiators, who raise him under the roof of the brothel they run in the city of Capua. When old acquaintences from their ludus days show up and ask for help, some far reaching decisions have to be made - and Nasir starts to question his idea of a future.
graphic by @afteriwake
Chapter One - Read on AO3













