Both have similar themes. This might seem picky but it's hard to separate the two and Dominate's use of "He" + "His" and third person felt better to read than Defiant's use of "This" + "The" and first person. Also, Dominate's setting was better defined by the descriptions, the Roman era stuff would have been obvious even without the last part, just the use of words like Tunic etc was good enough. Defiant's seemed medieval, it could have been early medieval with no swords, but it could have also been like gunpowder Napoleonic with swords too. It was a little ambiguous - which is not necessarily a problem, but it didn't compare well against Dominate's which had such a clear setting. Also, splitting hairs again, but the grammar and stuff from Dominate's makes it a little easier to read. Voting for Dominate.
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