The bite was a hard, sharp pain on sensitive flesh, and her body rewarded him with a sharp gasp through gritted teeth, the reflexive inhalation shoving her breast toward his mouth before he released, and she relaxed again. "Aren't you? This touch, these manacles, the ship - is this not all under the auspice of Rome? You bared your belly to her and now you do her work so her sons can remain in their gleaming white robes."