Augustus didn't make me any promises, merely declaring that he would protect me. Despite that, I didn't ask him for any promises either. Although I had had intimate relations with him, I understood that it was merely a consensual game in the adult world.
It was enough for him to have said that he would protect me, for what else could I hope for? I never gave any thought to how long I would stay by his side or how my future would look like. The only thing I knew was to not harbor any hope so that I could nonchalantly leave him when he asked me to do so one day.
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