The Gladiatrix and the Fallen Son

In a world where freedom is earned in blood, Octavia is a gladiatrix forced to fight for Rome’s entertainment. Hardened by betrayal and forged by survival, she trusts no one—especially not the noblemen who sit high above the sand, blind to the lives crushed beneath their boots.

Caius Valerius is the son of a powerful senator, bred for politics, alliances, and obedience. His future is planned, his marriage arranged. But when his gaze meets the woman in the arena, everything begins to unravel.

Drawn together by something neither of them dares to name, their stolen moments ignite into something dangerous—something forbidden.

Loyalties will be tested. Chains will be broken. And love may be the most dangerous rebellion of all.