Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 18:17:49 +0100
From: Nifty Boy <niftyboy01@gmail.com>
Subject: Tiberius and Anik, Chapter 9

Tiberius and Anik

By Niftyboy (niftyboy01@gmail.com)

Chapter 9: The false paradise

Anik and Tiberius were surprised that they had been given the freedom to
explore the garden and the palace and wondered if they were just being set
up by Marcellus. But since they were at the mercy of him anyway, they
decided to use the opportunity to walk around.

To call it a garden did the ground around the palace a disservice. It was
huge and expansive and it took them half a day to walk from one end to the
other. Everywhere where bushes and exotic flowers and several small
forests. Everything was exquisitely beautiful and would have even put the
Garden of Lucullus to shame. There were artfully hidden benches and
statues, elegant pergolas and small temples and exotic animals roaming
wild.

The arrived at an orchard with Orange trees. They had been exploring the
garden all morning and were hungry and decided to take a rest. Anik
collected oranges and Tiberius enjoyed the sight of his lover climbing up
the trees. They leaned against the trunk of a tree and began eating the
juicy fruits.  Two soldiers had followed them but always remained at a
discreet distance. They stopped about a hundred paces away from them,
standing partially hidden behind a bush and never letting them out of
sight.

After eating, the youths continued with their exploration. Wherever they
looked they saw small groves, beautiful shrines, flower beds, pavilions,
statues, ponds with colorful fishes and much more.  Everything was arranged
with exquisite taste and the entire garden was breathtakingly beautiful.
The two boys felt strange that something so beautiful should belong to
somebody so depraved as Marcellus.

They came by a small zoo with animals. They saw gazelles from Africa,
parrots and colorful birds with iridescent plumages, foxes. A few well fed
and lazy lions were lazing around a large cage and peacocks strutted around
and displayed their feathers.

The two boys watched the animals for a while, then resumed their walk. Even
after all the sights they had already seen, they were surprised to come
upon a sizeable lake adjacent to a hill. The lake was clearly artificial,
with a smooth, perfectly round border. Several pleasure boats were moored
to a pier. On the opposite side of the lake, accessible only with the
boats, was a grotto, also man-made and clad entirely in marble.

The water was clear and when they stepped into it, cool and clean. They
splashed around and laughed and enjoyed the coolness of the water. After
the refreshing swim, they stepped out of the water to continue their walk
in the garden. But they were resolved to go back soon during the coming
days and swim over to the grotto. Of all the beautiful places of the
garden, the lake was their favorite one.

They walked around the lake and finally arrived at a high wall. It seemed
that the entire garden was surrounded by the wall. It was undoubtedly
erected to keep the commoners away, but it was equally efficient at keeping
Anik and Tiberius in. And even if they were to try to climb it, there were
always the soldiers who followed them at a discreet distance and who would
be upon them within a few seconds.

They followed the wall but as they had suspected, it was without breaks
except for a few large gateways which were heavily guarded by soldiers.

It was late afternoon when they had walked all along the circumference of
the garden and they confirmed that there was no way out. Despite the beauty
of their surroundings, they became subdued. They haven't found anything in
the huge park that gave them any hope of escape. The wall was
unsurmountable, and the beach could only be reached by walking down the
stone stairs which were heavily guarded at all times. And wherever they
went, soldiers followed them and watched vigilantly.

At the end of their exploration they had an idea of the general layout of
the garden. At one end in the West was the palace, up a high cliff at the
sea. At the Eastern end were low hills with the artificial sea and the
grotto while the zoo was located in the middle. The garden was crisscrossed
by trails and dotted with small temples, pavilions and statues. And the
entire garden was surrounded by a high wall.

After their long hike they were tired and hungry and entered the palace in
search for food. They were greeted by one of the slave boys who led them to
their room and brought bowls with delicious food. They had a sumptuous meal
of fruits and fish and bread and then went for a swim in the pool, followed
by a relaxing massage.

The slave boy was friendly but there was a sadness surrounding him. Anik
asked him concerned why he was being so depressed. At first the boy tried
to evade the question, but then he lost the fight against his tears and he
began sobbing and crying uncontrollably. Tiberius put his arms around him
and tried to calm the shaking boy.

"Please, tell us, what is it...?" he asked soothingly.

"The boy who died...he was the lover of Kleio and...and of me..." he
sobbed.

"He was betrothed to Kleio, but he also loved me...we three were always
together..." he continued and wept.

"I am so sorry..." Tiberius only managed to say and gently caressed the
boy's back.

"I am Drakon...I will try to make your stay here as pleasant as
possible...I have to go now..." he said and tried to smile.

They went back into the cage. The boy wished them a good night while he
locked the cage and then departed. Anik and Tiberius had to fight back
tears too, so pitiful did Drakon look when he walked away, his shoulders
hunched and his gait like that of an old man.

Anik and Tiberius talked until deep into the night.  Despite the growing
certainty that escape was hopeless, they did not want to give up yet and
decided to explore the palace during the next day.  While they were not
optimistic, they wanted to gather as much information as they could to help
them in their planning for an escape.

The slept in late and once they woke up were left out of the cage and
offered breakfast. After eating bread and fruits they began exploring the
palace. This time the soldiers were following them close by. They were
barred entry to the private rooms of Marcellus which encompassed an entire
wing of the palace. But otherwise they were allowed to roam freely.  The
palace was much bigger than it seemed from the outside, with countless
rooms, reception areas, libraries, art galleries and much more. There were
several baths, one of which was painted with colorful erotic murals and
graphic depictions of many different and astonishing sex acts. The boys
giggled and both became erect when they examined the depictions. They
glanced at the soldiers, but they only stared back at them blankly and were
unperturbed by the erotic pictures. The youths stepped into the
water. Tiberius leaned against the edge of the pool and Anik began rubbing
and grinding against him while the soldiers watched dispassionately. Soon
the boys moaned softly and ejaculated and long strings of fluffy semen
floated in the water. The boys climbed out of the pool, watched by the
unperturbed solider.

They continued their exploration and went from room to room. But despite
the elegance and beauty of the palace, it did not compare to the
gloriousness of the garden.

It was around midday when they walked out into the garden. The sun burned
down hotly and bathed everything in a radiant light. Despite the heat the
two youths decided to go for a run. They both had an urge to exert their
muscles. They began running along one of the many trails and soon found
their rhythm. The ground was soft and warm and the trail immaculately kept
up and no stones or gravel hurt their feet. The trail they were using
meandered through the entire garden and allowed them to run by all the
sights.

This time there were more soldiers that followed them. The boys were naked
and fit and found running in the heat pleasurable while the soldiers were
wearing leather tunics and suffered and sweated. But the boys realized that
there were many more soldiers than they first thought, positioned all
though the garden. The soldiers must have planned already for the boys to
run and had organized themselves into a relay. The pairs of soldiers
regularly changed running after them, and so Anik and Tiberius were never
left out of sight, with at least two soldiers always close by.

The glanced again and again at each other as they ran. They both enjoyed
feeling the wind against their bodies and the dry, soft grass under their
feet. They ran fast and steady, and the exertion made them forget that they
were captives and likely would be killed sooner rather than later. They
hearts were hammering in their chests and they were breathing deeply and
steadily. They both felt their blood pounding in their ears. Both enjoyed
watching the other run, with their muscles flexing. They got excited from
time to time, and then their members began stiffening and swaying.

Eventually they arrived at the lake and jumped directly into the water and
swam over to the grotto.  They watched as the soldiers following them
climbed into one of the pleasure boats and rowed after them. Anik laughed
happily since he had missed his daily swim in the sea. The pool in the
palace was large, but it could not compare with the lake. After a few
minutes of vigorous swimming they reached the other end of the lake and
climbed out and entered the grotto.

It was entirely man-made and the floor and walls and ceiling clad in purple
marble. There were marble benches and tables. They walked around the
grotto, looking for anything that might help them in their escape but they
found nothing. There were no doors nor any other openings and after a
fruitless search they gave up and sat down on a bench and put their arms
around each other.

They were sitting there for a long while, all the time watched by the
soldiers in the pleasure boat.  Both boys fought against their growing
despair. It seemed hopeless and wherever they went and explored, nothing
seemed to offer any prospect to flee from the palace. Both were in a
melancholy mood and snuggled against each other.

Tiberius felt Anik's body beginning to shake and pressed the boy against
him. Anik put his head on Tiberius' shoulder and his tears welled up. First
he tried to suppress his sobs, but then he lost his fight and began
weeping. He sobbed desperately while Tiberius gently patted his
back. Tiberius did not say anything and sensed that Anik needed the relief
that crying gave him. Tiberius' hand glided up and down along Anik's side
and back and finally the boy began calming.

Finally Anik's tears dried up and he sniffed and pressed even tighter
against Tiberius. Without words he slid down and kneeled between Tiberius's
thighs and began kissing and licking him.  Tiberius stroked Anik's hair
while the boy spread his thighs wider and sucked at his balls. After a
while Anik began licking and caressing his erect member with his
tongue. Soon Tiberius came and Anik swallowed every drop of his seed. Anik
let go of Tiberius' cock and looked up at his lover and smiled.

"Thank you so much...now I feel better..." he whispered and licked his
lips.

Tiberius smiled and nodded. Anik stood up and offered his hard cock to
Tiberius who took it into his mouth at once. He grabbed Anik's buttocks and
pulled him closer and sucked him. Anik came quickly and after both had
found relief they reclined on the bench and nestled against each other.

It was getting dark already when they got up and swam back and then ran
along the wall until they reached the palace. As usual they went to pool to
take a quick swim and to get a massage, had dinner and then were locked
into their cage. They talked for a long time and agreed to fight against
the encroaching gloom. They decided to run and swim every day to ensure
that they were as fit as possible for whatever was coming. And they made a
solemn pledge to each other that they would not cease to search for a way
out.

The next morning they walked out of the palace towards the trail for their
run. Both felt better and were eager to run through the garden. Tiberius
had his hand clamped possessively around Anik's taut buttock and they felt
frisky and giggled when they both became erect.

Just then Marcellus walked out of the palace, accompanied by two of his
soldiers. When he spotted the boys he smirked and looked at them with utter
contempt. Anik glared back at their tormentor, then without thinking he
reached down and grabbed Tiberius's erection and began stroking him, all
the time fixing Marcellus with his eyes. Tiberius was surprised but then
started stroking Anik too while also staring defiantly at Marcellus.

Marcellus eyes widened and after glaring back for a few moments, he turned
around and walked away, obviously in a huff. The two boys continued staring
at his back while they stroked each other.  Soon they both came and moaned
loudly while their semen splattered on the grass below them.

Anik and Tiberius giggled and felt better for having been able to get under
the skin of Marcellus. It gave them a sense of power over him, despite
being completely at his mercy otherwise.  Afterwards, they ran for hours
and went for a long swim in the lake and relaxed in the grotto.

It went like this for more than a week. The regular running and swimming
and making love for hours every day soon showed. Tiberius found it easier
and easier to run and being naked all the time gave him a perfect tan even
though his skin was always fairer than Anik.

One late afternoon they came back to the palace after running in the heat,
their naked bodies glistening with sweat. They walked towards the palace
and saw Marcellus deep in conversation with an older couple. The older man
looked very distinguished and by the broad purple stripe on the border of
his toga he was a Roman senator.  His wife was dressed expensively and the
jewelry that she was wearing must have cost a fortune. The woman turned her
head and then saw the two youths walking on the grass towards the
palace. Her eyes widened and she flinched back in shock.

"Who are these animals?" the two youths heard her hiss.

Anik and Tiberius stopped and put their arms around each other and looked
curiously at the woman.

"Do not worry...I own these animals...I let them roam wild while I decide
when and how to have my pleasure with them" Marcellus explained and smiled
wickedly.

The old couple nodded.

"Indeed, one has to be tough with ones slaves. We make it a point to flog
them regularly" the senator agreed with Marcellus.

"But...but to let them be unclothed, like wild animals...?" the women added
and blushed when she glanced again at the naked youths, equally repelled
and attracted by the sight of their nudity.

"Forget these beasts...let us retire to the terrace and take our meal"
Marcellus suggested.

With a last glare from the old woman they turned their back towards the
boys and walked up the stairs towards the terrace where a sumptuous meal
had been laid out. The boys watched them recline on couches and slave girls
stepped forward to cool them with large fans.

Anik glanced at Tiberius, then without any words he began pressing and
rubbing languidly against his lover, fixing the old couple all the time
with his stare. It took only seconds before the two boys were fully
erect. The old lady gasped when she saw the hard cocks of the two boys
grinding and sliding against each other.

"I want you to breed me like an animal...." Anik whispered and smiled
naughtily.

Tiberius grinned and pressed Anik down on all fours. The boy lifted his
hips and Tiberius kneeled behind him and began sucking and slurping loudly
at his ring. Anik moaned lustfully and continued staring at the old hag on
the terrace.

Tiberius sat up and licked his lips, then he pressed his hard cock into his
lover. Anik moaned loudly while Tiberius began squeezing his phallus in and
out. It didn't take long before Tiberius screamed in ecstasy and unloaded
deep inside Anik.

Tiberius pulled back and let his cock plop out.  Anik turned and lifted his
buttocks high towards the terrace and pressed. He was rewarded with a
shocked gasp by the old couple when they saw white semen bubbling from his
hole.

Anik turned again and offered his sticky anus again to Tiberius. Tiberius
grabbed his glistening cock at its base and looked up at the group on the
terrace. He grinned when he saw the old couple staring at them with open
mouths.

He took a few deep breaths, then he let go and a stream of piss splattered
on Anik's buttocks and crack. The woman shrieked hysterically, and Tiberius
stabbed his still pissing member into Anik. Anik moaned again while
Tiberius repeated his jabbing a few more times until the stream of water
stopped.  He pulled Anik's head back by his hairs and started hammering
into the boy. His cock pushed in again and again and made loud, squishy
noises when it entered Anik's wet anus. This time Tiberius held back and
made his pounding last as long as possible. Whenever he felt getting close,
he slowed down and then resumed his hammering again. At long last he could
not hold back anymore and climaxed with a triumphant scream. He clenched
his buttocks and pressed in as deep as possible and ejaculated into Anik's
rectum. He pulled out and Anik presented his buttocks again to the shocked
audience. He clenched and unclenched his sphincter and expelled a milky,
liquid stream.  Tiberius caught his breath and saw how the senator had to
hold his wife who gasped hysterically for breath.

Tiberius grinned at them, the he grabbed Anik's buttocks and spread them
and started sucking at his ring. The woman began crying while the senator
tried in vain to calm her. The two boys then sat up and kissed deeply and
loudly.

This was too much. The woman got up and walked away, quickly followed by
the senator. Marcellus glared at the boys, his eyes full of hate, but then
had to run after his guests.

Anik and Tiberius began laughing hysterically and fell to the ground and
rolled around in the grass. It took a long while before they calmed down
and managed to get up and go back to their cage.

The next morning they got up early. Drakon unlocked their cage and let them
out. They asked about the guests of Marcellus and he told them that it that
the senator was a personal friend of the Emperor and here on holidays.

"Do you know when they will have breakfast?" Anik asked innocently.

"The breakfast is prepared on the terrace for just before midday. But you
are not allowed to the terrace" Drakon informed them with an apologetic
smile.

"That is fine, we anyway want to go for a run now" Tiberius replied and
glanced at Anik and smiled playfully.

They left the palace and began running along the wall and were back after a
few hours, just before midday. They found a stone table and moved it so
that it was positioned below the terrace and only visible if one was
standing at the balustrade.

Anik lay down on his back and Tiberius stood and caressed and kissed the
boy so that he was soon moaning and squirming excitedly. After a short time
they heard Marcellus and the old couple step out onto the terrace and then
the sounds of people eating and talking.

Tiberius looked down on Anik. Anik wiggled and shifted so that he could let
his head lean down over the edge of the table. He opened his mouth wide and
Tiberius began feeding him his hard member.  His cockhead began squeezing
into Anik's throat and the boy gagged loudly. Tiberius moved his cock
deeper in and watched as Anik's throat expanded. The boy began retching and
drooling. The member sliding in was perfectly outlined and Tiberius could
see his shaft pressing against Anik's flexing throat. Anik gagged and
retched while Tiberius squeezed his cock slowly in and out. The flexing and
contracting of Anik's throat stimulated the Roman boy and it took not long
before his thrusting became more urgent. His balls slapped against Anik's
head while he pounded his hard penis deep down the throat. He looked up and
saw the old woman and her husband stare down at them, both flustered and
their faces a deep red.

Tiberius looked into the woman's eyes, then he convulsed and began
ejaculating, his spurting penis still squeezing in and out. Soon white seem
began flowing out between Anik's lips. Once he was spent he pulled his cock
out and Anik gasped for air, his mouth open. Tiberius climbed on the table
and squatted over Anik and bent down, his buttocks at Anik's face. As soon
as Anik had caught his breath he began licking Tiberius' crack while the
Roman youth sucked him energetically. Anik soon arched his back and
screamed and shot rope after rope of cum into his lover's mouth. Tiberius
felt so good that he continued sucking and caressing Anik's glans with his
tongue. Quite soon they heard a commotion and when they looked up they saw
a procession of slaves carrying out luggage. Anik and Tiberius disentangled
themselves and jumped down from the table.

A carriage drawn by six horses arrived and the senator and his wife walked
out of the palace. The woman had her eyes fixed ahead and pointedly did not
look at the two youths. They entered the carriage and ordered the driver to
leave at once. Anik and Tiberius watched the carriage depart and then
glanced up to the terrace where Marcellus was trying to keep his composure.

The two boys grinned and licked their lips. They have found out how to
torment their tormentor.  They realized that Marcellus truly believed to be
a God. And of course it would not do for a God to lose his poise by the
antics of mere mortals. Anik and Tiberius smiled sweetly at Marcellus, who
was trying to kill them with his glance. But finally he turned abruptly and
went back into the palace.

During the following days the two boys became increasingly shameless and
made love all over the garden and in the palace and whenever they spotted
Marcellus. But after a while even their most outlandish sexual practices
failed to shock Marcellus.

Anik and Tiberius continued running and swimming daily for many hours. The
artificial lake and the grotto became their favorite place in the garden
and they made a long break there during midday, when the sun was shining
down especially hot.

One evening they chatted with Drakon. He looked tired and they asked him
what the matter was.

"Oh, it is nothing. Marcellus will give a big reception tomorrow afternoon
and everyone had to work all days and through half of the nights to
prepare" he answered and yawned.

"Should we...?" Anik asked Tiberius once they were locked in the cage.

"We should not...we nearly went too far with the senator and his wife..."
Tiberius answered but was clearly tempted.

"What can we lose? At least we would have had some fun..." Anik insisted.

The Greek boy punched Tiberius playfully on the shoulder and giggled.

"You are terrible...but you are right, let's do it..." Tiberius laughed and
then wrestled playfully with Anik.

Soon both were erect and Anik thrusted up playfully while Tiberius pinned
him down.

"So you do not want to save your seed until tomorrow...?" Anik needled his
lover.

"Nope, I do not...and I am sure you will tempt me tomorrow so that I will
be able to breed you a dozen times..." Tiberius laughed.

With this Anik raised his legs and wrapped them around Tiberius. The Roman
thrust into the boy and they began a long and tender love-making until it
was completely dark. After they had exhausted themselves they fell quickly
into sleep.

The next day they went for their usual run and swim in the lake, but came
back earlier. They had a light meal of fruits and fish to give them
strength during the coming hours. Already Anik's penis stiffened and
softened regularly. Tiberius lightly pressed his palm against Anik's member
and felt it stiffen at once, blood engorging it and the glans flaring.

"Oh, you are really hot...I think you will ejaculate if I just do this..."
Tiberius grinned and rubbed with his finger over Anik's tight sphincter.

Anik was sitting on the ground and pulled his knees close to his chest,
opening his anus for the caressing finger.

"Let's wait...it is anyway time now to go..." Tiberius calmed his lover and
pulled him up.

Anik was already panting and his engorged phallus stood rigidly
up. Tiberius glanced down and realized that he was equally hard.

"It is good that the reception starts soon, I think we both could not wait
for much longer anymore..."  Tiberius commented and grinned as they walked
out of the palace.

"Where do you want to do it? Again below the terrace?" Anik asked.

"No, this time we should be more obvious..." Tiberius replied and glanced
around.

Before the entrance of the palace was a wide road with gravel for the
carriages to drive through and to stop so that the passengers could exit
right before the main stairs. On the opposite side of the area was a
freestanding colonnade, decorated with many potted plants, about ten paces
away from the main entrance.

Tiberius led Anik over to the colonnade and selected a pillar. Anik pressed
his front against the column and reached up and grabbed the two snail-like
protrusions of the pillar's capital. Tiberius became even harder when he
saw the lithe body of his lover, with every muscles tense and stretched and
his thighs slightly spread. Anik had his back arched and his buttocks
pushed out, with his powerful thighs and gluteal muscles taut and
tense. Tiberius grabbed a buttock of Anik and squeezed it possessively,
provoking a loud moan from the boy. Just then the first carriage drove
along the road towards the main entrance of the palace.

Tiberius began rubbing his erection against Anik's bums and then pressed it
into the cleft. Anik clenched his buttocks and squeezed the shaft of
Tiberius. The Roman boy began slowly grinding and sliding his rigid phallus
along Anik's crack.

Both boys moan softly and turned their heads to watch the passengers - a
couple - exit their carriage. Tiberius moved his phallus slowly and
languidly and seemingly completely unconcerned against his lover. Anik
moved in the same rhythm, pushing out his hips.

They looked insolently into the eyes of the shocked couple who watched them
disbelievingly. Then the couple hurried up the stairs into the palace.

But already the next carriage arrived. Anik and Tiberius continued with
their slow and unhurried grinding and light thrusting. This time a couple
with their two daughters climbed out of the carriage.  The two girls were
perhaps twenty years of age and giggled excitedly when they saw Tiberius
masturbating himself against the firm buttocks of Anik. The parents hissed
at the girls and dragged them up the stairs, but the girls obviously
enjoyed the sight and glanced back again and again and grinned widely.

Three more carriages rumbled towards them and Tiberius bent his knees and
slowly pushed up.  Anik's anal muscle stretched around his cockhead and
then sucked it in with a wet, satisfied sound.  Tiberius shuddered from
lust when he felt his glans entering the boy's tight chute, the fleshy wall
pulsating and quivering as it adjusted to Tiberius' phallus and caressing
and squeezing it. Both boys moaned loudly just as the guests exited their
carriages.

Both boys turned their heads and fixed the guests. Tiberius slowly thrust
in and out with long strokes, nearly pulling his glistening shaft out, then
again burying it completely inside Anik. The visitors reacted in different
ways; some blushed furiously, some cried out in shock while a few grinned
and lingered around to watch.

After a while it became impossible for Tiberius to hold back and he thrust
all in and stood on his tiptoes, nearly lifting Anik from his feet. The
bend of Anik's rectum pressed down on his gland and he began squirting his
semen deep into his lover. He reached around and grabbed Anik's throbbing
cock and made him spurt at once too. Both youths moaned loudly and Tiberius
resumed with his languorous, slow and deep strokes. Now the arriving guests
were rewarded with the sight of the glistening shaft of Tiberius that was
coated in cum and Anik's anal juices.

Tiberius and Anik continued like this, lasciviously and shameless, until
the last guests had arrived.  Tiberius emptied his balls two more times
into Anik before he finally let his cock plop out and both boys collapsed,
sweaty and exhausted. They looked up and saw Marcellus on the terrace,
staring at them in white-hot rage. The boys glared insolently back.

Marcellus screamed at two soldiers who positioned themselves at the
entrance of the palace to bar entry to the boys. Anik and Tiberius merely
shrugged and slowly got up. Anik took Tiberius' hand and led him over to a
large olive tree. The tree must have been thousands of years old, with
sturdy branches and a wide, gnarly trunk. The boys climbed up until they
reached a thick branch about as high up as the terrace.

Tiberius lay down on his back with his legs dangling down on either side of
the branch. Anik held on to a branch over him and lowered himself on the
Roman youth's cock. After having climaxed three times, Tiberius' cock was
flaccid and Anik rubbed his cummy crack and buttocks against the soft
member. It took a long while before Anik felt his lover hardening.

Tiberius reached down and held his stiff member up and Anik lowered himself
on him. Anik heaved himself up and then plunged down, again and again. Soon
he sweated profusely from his exertion but he was eventually rewarded with
Tiberius screaming and cumming for the fourth time. Anik grinned
triumphantly at the guests who were staring at them from the terrace. He
raised his hips and expelled a flood of seed over Tiberius's crotch. Both
boys were trembling when they climbed down and collapsed against the trunk
of the olive tree.

It took them nearly an hour before they were ready again.

They looked up to the terrace and heard laughter and animated talking.

"Are you ready again? I really want to shame Marcellus...." Anik grinned at
Tiberius.

"Ah, you are never sated...but yes, I am up for it again" Tiberius replied.

Anik cupped the balls of Tiberius and squeeze them gently.

"Hmmmm, they are heavy again" Anik smiled happily.

"I want you to take me hard. As if I were your slave boy, to do as you
please...to show that I will never be the slave of Marcellus, but that I
will always belong only to you ..." Anik whispered and smiled excitedly.

"I know you like that..." Tiberius said and leaned in and licked Anik's
ear.

He reached down and grabbed Anik's balls and squeezed and twisted them. He
was not rough but Anik winced and tensed. The penis of the boy hardened at
once and showed very obviously his excitement. He spread his thighs wide
and panted while Tiberius pressed and pulled. Tiberius rolled Anik's
testicles with his fingers, making the boy wince and shiver again.

"Wait and don't move, I will be soon back..." Tiberius commanded, getting
into the spirit of their play.

He got up and walked toward a small shed in the garden. His penis was stiff
and swaying and he marveled how far he had come from the youth who was
afraid to go to the baths because he might get an erection.  And now, after
just a few months in Greece, he strutted around naked and hard in front of
hundreds.

He went into the shack and came out soon with some ropes and walked back to
Anik.

Anik sat cross-legged on the grass and stroked himself, watched curiously
by a few party-goers.

Tiberius stood before Anik and wrapped the rope around the boy's neck,
careful to keep it loose so as not to choke him. He pulled at the end of
the rope and yanked Anik's head back and rubbed his balls and cock against
the boy's face. Anik whimpered lustfully and tilted his head and clenched
his lips around Tiberius' shaft. The hard member was still coated with
semen and soon Anik's face and lips were smeared and sticky with cum.

Tiberius bent over the boy and reached and pressed his finger into Anik's
anus. Anik moaned louder and lifted his hips compliantly while Tiberius
continued to grind his erection against his face.

Finally Tiberius straightened up and pulled at the rope and walked towards
the colonnade. Anik was forced to follow him on all fours. Close to the
colonnade Tiberius stopped and reached out and grabbed Anik's hair and
pulled his head back.

"Suck me..." he ordered and pressed his cock into Anik's open mouth.

Anik had to gag loudly when Tiberius pulled Anik's face against his
crotch. Tiberius yanked Anik's head back and forth, making the boy choke
and retch. The wet mouth and the flexing throat made Tiberius hard and
excited. He pushed Anik down on his stomach and kicked the boy's legs wide
before he lowered himself on him and pressed his engorged member into his
lover.

He felt his phallus entering the sticky and warm anus of Anik and nearly
screamed in ecstasy. He had already ejaculated several times into the boy,
and Anik's chute was filled with semen already. The more he pressed his
member in, the more of his seed was squeezed out and oozed over his
shaft. He kicked Anik's thighs even wider with his knees and began pounding
into him. Both boys moaned and screamed while Tiberius rammed into Anik in
a frenzy. Finally he arched his back and unloaded and howled. Once his
climax was over, he pulled back and spread Anik's buttocks to watch his
seed flow out.  He glared up at the shocked guests who watched from the
terrace. Tiberius smiled triumphantly and bent down to slurp at Anik's
ring. When he straightened up, his lips and chin were smeared with cum and
a string of semen dangled obscenely from his lips. He saw the two girls
grinning and clapping before they were pulled back by their father.

Anik trembled and Tiberius had to help him up. He led him over to a bench
where they sat for hours and made out tenderly while the party went on.

It was late when the two boys went back to their cage. They were messy,
with traces of semen all over their bodies. Drakon was waiting for them and
blushed at their sight but then had to grin. But he soon became serious.

"You went too far this time. Marcellus screamed and demolished the
furniture in his bedroom.  When he calmed down I heard how he announced to
the guests that he will deal soon with you two.  He even offered that those
so inclined could come to watch when you will be made to make each other to
climax until your minds will be gone. He told them that he will start
soon..." Drakon said, his voice nearly breaking.

Anik and Tiberius blanched and glanced at each other. Even though they had
lived in the palace with dead hovering around them, having certainty that
it would soon start still hit them hard.

Anik felt dizzy and had to sit down. Tiberius huddled against his lover and
they tried to give each other strength. After a while Drakon left
them. They were laying in the cage and did not speak.  Eventually morning
arrived without the boys having slept for a single minute. They got up and
as usual they were let out of the cage. But this time it felt different,
now that they knew that it was perhaps the last time that they would be
able to run in the garden and swim in the lake.

They wanted to enjoy their last day as long as possible and skipped
breakfast and the swim in the pool and the massage. The sun was just rising
and the grass under their bare feet was still damp with dew. They walked
along the trail, then began running. They glanced at each other again and
again their muscles flexing and their soft cocks swaying. It was still
morning when they arrived at their beloved lake. They stepped into the cool
water and swam over to the grotto. They sat on a ledge and let their feet
dangle into the water.

Tiberius felt Anik shake and put his arm around him and gently caressed his
thigh. They were sitting for a long while and watched the sun rising and
talked softly to each other. Anik rubbed his toes against Tiberius's
foot. Tiberius smiled and looked down into the water to watch the movements
of the boy's toes.

Suddenly he tensed. Anik felt the sudden change in Tiberius and looked at
him questioningly.

"What is it...?" he inquired.

"I was just wondering...the water is so clear..." Tiberius replied, not yet
quite understanding himself why he had suddenly become so agitated.

"It is clear...but why...? How can it be...?" he wondered.

"It should not...it is just a small body of water...it should evaporate
quickly in this heat..." Anik continued the trail of thought.

"Exactly, there must be fresh water flowing in..." Tiberius said, his eyes
lighting up.

"There must be a pipe for fresh water, and one to drain the lake" Anik
hopefully continued the trail of thought.

As usual the pleasure boat with the soldiers was in the middle of the lake,
and the pair of soldiers never let them out of sight.

"Let's go for a swim. It is likely that the pipes are somewhere along the
border of the lake" Anik suggested.

They slid into the water and began swimming around the lake, close to the
shore. It took only a few minutes before they found a pipe. Anik dived down
and felt the flow of water coming out the pipe.

"This one is for the fresh water...let's look for the second pipe" he told
Tiberius.

They continued swimming and at the other end of the lake, opposite the
first pipe, they found the drainage pipe. It was just about wide enough to
crawl through but must have extended for hundreds of paces.

They swam back to the grotto and climbed out of the water, always watched
suspiciously by the soldiers.

"We cannot crawl through the pipe. We could never hold our breath for so
long" Anik said.

"Yes, we would have to drain the lake, but how...?

"We could close the pipe where the fresh water flows in. The lake is not
large, it will be drained within a day or two" Anik suggested.

The boys swam back and looked down at the pipe. It was just wide enough for
them to crawl through, about as wide as an arm.

Below on the bottom of the lake they saw stones of different sizes, from
gravel to larger than the head of an ox. Tiberius dived down and grabbed
one of the larger stone and pushed it into the pipe.  He came up again and
gasped for air.

"We have to fill the exit of the pipe with enough stones. Then the water
will stop flowing into the lake" Tiberius explained.

"But we have to do it so that the soldiers do not suspect anything" he
added.

Anik nodded, then he laughed loudly and dove down and grabbed Tiberius'
ankle and pulled him down. Anik quickly swam to the bottom and pushed
another stone into the pipe. The boys swam up and laughed and giggled and
pretended to fool around.

The soldiers watched then intensely but fortunately they had no clue what
the boys were up to under water. It was already afternoon but then the exit
of the pipe was filled nearly completely with stones and water flowed out
only in a weak trickle.

They climbed out of the water and were utterly exhausted from their
exertion. They lay down on the grass and relaxed, their eyes closed. Anik
had his head on Tiberius' chest and snored softly.

After being thoroughly warmed by the rays of the sun they got up and jogged
back. Even though the palace filled them with dread, they were hungry and
needed to eat. They went back to their room.  Drakon arrived soon with
plates piled with food. Anik and Tiberius savored the meal and wondered if
it were to be their last.

They were so exhausted that they slept despite their fear. They woke up
early in the morning and waited for Drakon to let them out.

"We have to run at once to the lake and try to crawl through the pipe"
Tiberius whispered to Anik.

"Yes, I so hope that the water will be low enough. We have to flee now,
before Marcellus begins with his revenge..." Anik replied and smiled
hopefully at his lover.

They looked up when they heard somebody entering their room and expected
Drakon to let them out of the cage. But instead of Drakon, it was a pair of
soldiers. They stopped before the cage and looked impassively at the boys.

"Today it starts, get ready..." one of the soldiers said without showing
any emotion, as if Anik and Tiberius were already dead to him.