Love can last a thousand lifetimes when youāre an Immortal... or so they thought.
Whatās become of the Immortal Darius? His wife, Stella, worries about his fate as she rules over their city-state of Deminon, especially when she learns heās been the victim of treachery. Sheāll do anything to get him back.
Enslaved as a traitor to Rome, Darius is forced to fight gladiators as part of the funeral rites of powerful Romans. His years of experience on the battlefield serve him well in the arenaāuntil heās forced to fight Marcusāa younger, stronger gladiator who is unaware of his own immortality.
Sure heās about to suffer a defeat by the hand of Marcus, Darius is forced to make a decision that will change his future and Stellaāsāpreserve his essence by allowing his body to die so that he can live on in Marcus. His two-thousand years of memories and life experiences should be powerful enough to overcome the essence of the untested Immortal. Allow him to return to Stella and resume their life together, even if she wonāt immediately recognize him.
But Marcus isnāt giving up so easily. Especially when he meets Stella.
Will Marcus help Darius take revenge on the one whose deceit led to his arrest on charges of treason? Or will Dariusā essence slowly be subsumed, the memories of his nearly two-thousand-year lifespanāand of Stellaāfading away in the mind of Marcus?
These Immortals once had all the time in the world. Now itās suddenly of the essence.