Beneath the Octavian regime, undercover rhetor Chrysanthe’s mission to expose a child trafficking ring collapses when her charge, Artemis, escapes and the estate erupts into a violent manhunt. After witnessing brutal interrogations and discovering evidence of Sextus’s abduction, Chrysanthe discards her servant’s facade, revealing her true purpose to Artemis and linking a missing papyrus to the children’s survival. Now a desperate protector in a claustrophobic, volatile household, every interaction becomes a high-stakes gamble as she pivots from passive infiltration to open, dangerous confrontation.
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