<strong>Dominus and Livia enter Matriana and Bastian’s Chambers</strong><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd468/sybakrys/Amplus/article-1057070-050F37D70000044D-98_468x465.jpg)</div>It pleased him to hear that she would support him in this task and the nod from her after he apologised was all he needed to know that he had not offended her. It was beginning to be apparent however that he could not be lone with this woman for to long a period as he felt that he could not trust himself with her. It was clear to him, with his wife indisposed and her husband permanently absent, that he wanted her. Such thoughts of betrayal had to be shaken from his mind. Betrayal against his wife and of course his dead friend. What was he doing, with all this disruption around him, thinking of her in this way.<br/><br/>When she spoke again, his thoughts of him and Livia in one of the private rooms dissolved from his mind. He cleared his throat as if he had been caught in a compromising situation and replied calmly and with complete composure “Inclination? No not at this time. I only hope that it was Canis who screamed. Perhaps he saw a rat or something. He tends to over react from time to time.” He chuckled a little at his suggestion that Canis was a little pathetic before moving his hand to the door where the noise had come from.<br/><br/>The door opened with eased as a young blonde man came rushing out, hitting Manius in the chest. The boy bounced of Manius to the Dominus’ amusement and fell to the floor. Still conscious, well barely, he seemed to be flapping his arms around in a fit as if he had been verbally bashed by someone. He was in a flap, of course, as Matriana had been shouting at him and he had hit Manius in the chest as he was running to exit the room to collect his master. Manius boomed at the boy “Canis you fool, get up and explain this madness that I see before me?”<br/><br/>To assist Canis, he lends in towards the boy and took his hand to allow him to rise to his feet. Once back on his feet the boy shook his head to compose himself and began to speak. With tears in his eyes that fell like waterfalls, stoking his golden locks, he pointed at the slave standing to his right and spoke “Matriana tells me that he killed Bastian.” He then pointed to the bed where a naked Matriana lay with a very grey looking Bastian laying next to him. The look of horror on Manius’ face, at the situation, was obvious. A death in his house, and one as important as Bastian, would ruin him for sure. He had to act fast and think faster. Luckily for him he was not alone. Instead of one great mind he had two. The second of course being the delightfully perfect Livia. His wife would know what to do but she was not here so he would put his trust in her instead. He turned to Canis and pointed to the door “Go” he commanded “and freshen yourself up. I am sure that there are other duties you can attend too and while you are at it fetch Amplus. Perhaps he can assist me in calming the situation.”<br/><br/>With the room, now absent of Canis, he turned to the slave. “Stay right were you are you fool.” He scowled at the man, which made the slave back of a little from Manius. He then took Livia’s hand, most likely for support or perhaps without thinking, and turned to her. He would have only moments before Matriana would set her threats onto him. He knew that but he had to know that Livia was close and had his back. “I don’t suppose anything like this has happened to you before?”<br/>