Lingering Glance (Patreon)

Lance smiles. "Eris sacerdos in aeternum."

"You'll be a priest forever," you translate, the words rushed from your lips on their own accord.

"'Thou art a priest forever'," Lance corrects. "If you want to stay true to the scriptures."

Hadrian looks down at his clasped hands. "Let's hope that's not true," he says in a low murmur.

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