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He lowered me to my feet and brushed the hair back from my face.
“I think you cast a spell on me with your song, Sirena,” he said.
“No magic,” I said. “Just passion.”
He raised my hand to his lips. “Perhaps you might sing for me again later tonight?”
As he pressed his lips to my fingers, a bolt of pure ecstasy zoomed into my brain and froze me in place.
“Two presents in one day?” I said. “I’m not sure you deserve it. I mean, I wouldn’t want to spoil you.”
“Oh, don’t worry,” he said, his eyes not leaving mine. “You’ll be getting plenty of presents too.”
I didn’t know where his sudden spike in confidence came from, but damn, I liked it.
6
SIRENA
Aunzika handed me the skin cream and told me it was from Emana’s collection.
“Are you sure she won’t mind?” I said.
Aunzika waved away my concerns.
“She has so much she won’t notice it’s missing,” he said.
Emana. I’d completely forgotten about her.
“How is she?” I said.
“She’s… recovering,” Aunzika said. “I’m afraid the mojitos and vast quantities of meat didn’t do her any favors. Too much of a good thing, I’m afraid.”
I flinched at what I’d caused. She’d never been anything but kind to me.
“Does she need help?” I said.
“She’ll be fine,” Aunzika said. “She’s experienced worse.”
He sighed with the air of someone used to having to deal with worse.
“Well, thanks for the cream,” I said.
“It was my pleasure,” Aunzika said.
He nodded politely, turned on the spot with greater poise than a military commander, and marched away.
I shut the door and moved to the full-length mirror. I squirted a little of the cream on my fingers. It smelled good and felt even better. I rubbed it into my skin. It was as refreshing as any of the creams back home, I thought.
I changed into my silk negligee and checked myself in the mirror. It barely reached my thighs. No underwear. My nipples poked at the fabric. They strained at the material because I was recalling our little scene in the tower.
We shouldn’t have kissed. I never should have gone up there in the first place. He probably thought I knew he was there.
Fat chance of that. I knew nothing about the castle’s layout. Still, I couldn’t help smiling. He looked so at ease, so calm in his little mancave. Completely different from the stiff guy he was forced to be when surrounded by guards and townsfolk.
And absolutely, totally irresistible.
The funniest thing was I didn’t need to kiss him at all. Not after I’d already slid the device in his computer for the Changelings to track and trace his correspondence. The mission was complete. I didn’t need to get closer to him.
