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Before Khol could complete his sentence, the most beautiful alien female I’d ever seen slipped through the door. Her skin was of a pale blue tint and her scales were barely visible. She was dressed to kill in a tunic made of the finest silk. Her jewels sparkled and they adorned nearly every part of her body, including her hair. It was a sign of wealth and royal blood. She wore two ishtiri—the arm bands were also decorated with fine jewels.

“Excuse me. I apologize for my early arrival. This must cause quite a disruption to your plans,” the Princess Sanjit spoke as she looked over at the bed where Khol and I lay naked.

I pulled the sheets up until I was covered neck deep.

Sanjit cleared her throat. “I was expecting that I would be received promptly considering our prior arrangement, but, I see you are quite…occupied with this human slave girl, my King.”

“She is not a slave. Our meeting shall commence downstairs,” Khol said, frowning. He then got up off the bed, bare-ass naked with his huge well-endowed phallus hanging loose, gathered up his things and began putting them on. He didn’t seem the least bit bothered that Princess Sanjit was ogling him or that Ghid was staring at me with a suspicious and thoughtful expression on his face.

“The meeting shall commence downstairs,”Khol repeated, more firmly this time.

Sanjit turned, took one last look at me and smiled slyly before turning with her long blue-ish black hair that nearly swept the floor and disappearing down the hall.

I frowned.

Khol instructed Ghid to leave and close the door in Aurrakian tongue.

When we were alone again, I released my breath.

“My apologies, Visla. I wasn’t expecting a guest tonight.”

“It’s okay. I’ll…just go.” I grabbed my tunic which was in a bundle on the bed.

“No. I want you to stay.”

I swallowed. “You mean, here, in your bed?”

He shook his head. “No, that’s not what I meant. You will join me for dinner just as we planned.”

“Who is Princess Sanjit?”

“She lost her brother and father recently and stands to inherit the Isles of Contra once her step-uncle’s claims are denied. As King, I am expected to make long-term alliances with formidable leaders of other colonies.”

“I see.” I bit my tongue.

“I wasn’t expecting her so soon,” he continued.

I didn’t say anything. I just gathering up my clothes in silence.

Khol came over to the bed, lifted my chin, and caught my gaze. “Look at me, Visla. I promise my work as King will not come between us.”

“No, you’re right. It won’t. There’s nothing to come between. I’m just a human servant. Maker of jewelry and all you need from me is a crown.” I got up suddenly and grabbed my tunic. “I’d like to leave now.”

“Visla…”

Before he could touch me, I pulled on my tunic, grabbed up my things and ran down the hallway. My knowledge of the layout of the castle allowed me to avoid people in the hallways. I had just enough time to enter a small room to put on the rest of my clothes and make myself presentable before leaving King Khol’s castle.