A Voice in the Wind 200-300

Julia and Claudius get married against what Julia wants. She doesn't want to get married to Claudius at all, she thinks he is too old for her. Decimus wanted Claudius and Julia to have a child right away so that it would teach Julia that she didn't need to be so wild. Hadassah would tell stories of her religion to Julia, but Julia didn't hear the stories like Hadassah wanted her to. Hadassah tries to help Julia see the good in Claudius but she wants nothing to do with him. When Claudius would send for Julia, Julia would say she had a headache or make up some kind of excuse and send in Hadassah instead. Marcus went to visit Julia and Claudius and found out that Hadassah was being sent to Claudius's room and found himself feeling jealous. Hadassah felt bad about going to see Claudius all the time but also felt bad for him because Julia paid no attention to him. Julia runs off to watch something without Claudius and he went after her and ended up falling off his horse and dying. Julia felt really bad about this and now thinks that all Caludiu's servants would rather her be dead. Atretes was being taken to the arena to fight with the Romans. He had been training to fight for a long time but still had two months left when he first went in to fight. He killed three men in the arena though and proved himself to everyone.