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She’d lost control of her tongue. Or else it had swollen to twice its regular size. Such side effects were common when it came to drinking Titan wine.
When her eyes rolled back into her head, I knew what was going to happen next.
I bent down and scooped her up as she flopped over. I braced her in my arms and, careful I wouldn’t accidentally bang her head or legs against the table or doorway, I carried her through the apartment toward the bedrooms.
I chose the bedroom next to mine. There was a door that joined the two rooms and she could come see me if there were any problems. We would need to make sure there was no evidence she was sleeping separately from me if Mom dropped by.
I laid her down on the silk sheets harvested from the woven cocoons of the famous sand serpent.
The wine was so strong it’d knocked her out completely.
I brushed her hair back from her face. Her skin was smooth and her lips plump.
If I kissed her, would she ever know?
No, she wouldn’t.
But I would.
If I was going to get a kiss from her, I wanted it to be a kiss she wanted to give me, not one I took from her when she couldn’t fight back.
And chances were good she would fight back.
I couldn’t help but smile at this little woman.
I let my eyes run over her and considered undressing her so she would sleep better…
Then I thought better of it.
In the morning, she would realize what’d happened. She might think I took advantage of her.
There would be no getting her trust back after that.
And of all things, I needed her trust.
“Sleep well, little human,” I said.
I shut the light off and headed to my own bedroom. I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and prepared for another day.
Tomorrow was when the plan began in earnest.
Tomorrow was when everything would change.
I had a very peaceful night of sleep and dreamed of her.
She was with me every moment. We danced and made love and I explored every inch of her delicious body. She was warm and tight and firm.
Everything I knew she would be.
When I awoke, it was with a distant sadness I hadn’t had the same opportunity the night before.
I moved into the kitchen and prepared breakfast. It was going to be a long day—especially for her—and she needed to start the day with a bang.
I began by cooking my favorite breakfast—simple ple’atch eggs over toast—before realizing she might not like this food. I decided to eat the meal myself and cook her whatever she wanted when she woke up. Maybe she was a single cup of coffee kind of gal.
I finished breakfast and she still hadn’t gotten up. I turned on the news and caught up on what was happening across the empire.
There’d been another Changeling attack, this time to farm production facilities. Farmers and their children were abducted.
