“Cleo, if I come back it will not be as a Praetorian Guardsmen. As I approached the circle of Praetorian Guardsmen, two stepped forward with scanners. Xxnx I can’t continue to protect your family when they start feeling they need to protect me. Do you now understand the charges that have been leveled against you?”
“I have done nothing wrong. “Why are my medals flying around me?”, I asked, not sure I wanted to hear the answer. “I have failed you, your majesty.” My voice was filled with pain as I faced Robert. “When I am the emperor, I will pass laws that take the tax bases away from the noble families and bring them under the control of the crown.”
Cleo started to laugh.
