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I sigh internally but keep my face emotionless, even though all I want to do is slap the sneer off Selliss’s face.
“Captain,” he drawls the word, the sarcasm in his voice biting. “I have received word from one of the servants. Word that you’re involved with a human girl.”
It takes all my restraint to not launch myself across the room at him.
Instead, I remain silent.
My silence seems to anger Selliss, who snorts and balls his hands into fists.
“You aren’t denying it? Does that mean it is the truth? Are you really consorting with a human? Are you really betraying your people, by indulging in this disgusting fetish that seems to have been triggered by our dear Prince?”
I cannot stay silent much longer. The servants might know but they cannot do anything to Krista.
Selliss, however, would have no qualms hurting Krista if he thought we were together.
The thud of my heart in my chest is painful, and I realize then that my hands have become clammy.
I have never been anxious about anything before. But I cannot allow Krista to get hurt.
“I am not involved with the human woman,” I find myself saying. Selliss’s eyes narrow, and his lips are pressed into a thin line.
“You can believe that.” I try not to speak hurriedly, anxiously. “I am not involved with her at all. I don’t know why you’d think I would engage in such a disgusting activity.”
Is he actually going to believe me?I inhale slowly and try to slow down my heartbeat.
Selliss clearly still suspects something because he starts to list the evidence he has been gathering.
He tells me about the reports he has received from the servants. He tells me how he has interrogated Irian about Krista’s new working hours.
“I’ve seen you speaking to her and staring at her. You have been visiting the smithy at all hours, just to be close to her! I know you’re involved with her! You disgust me! And I know exactly what I’m going to do about it!”
Selliss is breathing heavily, and I realize then how serious the situation is.
“I’m going directly to the King and I am going to ask him to start getting rid of all the human slaves! I cannot do anythingabout our traitorous Prince, or his idiotic royal advisor, but just know that Krista will be on the next wagon out of the kingdom.”
I swallow several times. Bile has risen in my throat, and my skin has gone cold with fear.
And anger.
But I cannot express my anger. I cannot take Selliss by the throat and throttle him the way I want to.
The way Icould,because ultimately Selliss is my subordinate, and I am allowed to discipline him any way I see fit.
But doing that would raise too many questions. And if I have learned anything from Selliss, it is that more naga would be opposed to my relationship with Krista than I first thought.
I do not have the protections that Prince Zalith, or even Slyth has. I am just the Captain of the Royal Guard, and that makes me as common as Selliss. In a way, I am more vulnerable, because I need these men to obey my command. I am depending on them to trust me, to go to war and risk their lives for me.
None of that, though, seems as important as the fact that I have to protect Krista first of all. My mind is racing as I think about how exactly I’m going to save her.
I speak firmly then, and I am surprised that my voice doesn’t waver even once.
“I am not involved with that human, or any human. I find them as disgusting as you do. However, this particular human has proven useful in the smithy. I have decided to take an interest in her training, simply because she has single-handedly built an entire arsenal for us.”
But Selliss shakes his head. A cold smile stretches across his face.
“You cannot hide much longer, Lasta. I know the truth, and soon everyone else will. And your human slut will be shipped out of the kingdom, and you’ll never see her again. I will personallyensure that she is taken to Jalma, where she will be hunted for sport.”
You could kill him. You know you could. No one would fucking miss him.
