Bringing Heat by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace [Grace, Viola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Terran Reset, Romance, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Dragon, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781487433598
Publisher: Extasy Books Inc
Published: 2021-08-04T07:00:00+00:00

Idalia woke in an actual bed with the sounds of other people in the air. She sat up, and there was a sheet over her. Her skin wasn’t causing it to flare into flame. Interesting.

She sat up, and a door opened. Three women came in and bowed. “Mistress, please, let us help you get ready and dressed. Master Los is waiting for you.”

“Um, okay. What am I supposed to be doing?”

The younger women giggled, and the older woman made a sharp barking sound before looking at Idalia again. “We will bathe you, and you will be dressed to join Master Los.”

“Um, I can bathe myself.”

“Mistress, we have been assigned to take care of you. You have been on your own for too long.”

Idalia blinked. “Fine. Show me what I need to have done.”

The woman nodded, and Idalia got to her feet. Naked, she followed her maids to a bathing room that was huge. The substance in the tub was hot water, but it was the scrubbing station that caught Idalia’s gaze. There were footprints to stand on, and she stood with her arms out at her sides while the maids scrubbed her skin with a hard abrasive. There was no gentleness or care, but it didn’t matter. Her body didn’t feel much that they did.

She asked the woman who actually spoke to her. “How large is the thaw area?”

“One hundred kilometres and spreading quickly.”

Idalia was glad her cheeks didn’t really show a blush. “Oh. Good.”

One of the younger women put some kind of cleanser in her hair and scrubbed. When that was done, she was ordered into the near-boiling pool.

The ladies used long sticks to scrub the cleansing grit from her, and that was when she realized that they couldn’t enter the water that felt pleasantly warm to her.

She batted away the sticks and took one of the cloths that was nearby, removing the grit from her skin and hair as thoroughly as she could before she plunged into the water and barrel rolled until she was free of all the sand and pumice. It smelled nice though.

She got out of the water, and her skin dried quickly. She was put in a belt made of metal shaped to look like flames, a panel of skirt in front and behind that left Los’s mark clear for any who wanted to see his artwork. The bra was a nice surprise. It was more of a breastplate with incorporated fabric, but the fit was comfortable, and she didn’t have to worry about feeling chilled in public. She was given boots and fingerless gauntlets. Her hair was braided down her back.

“Oh. Right. This isn’t a hairstyle that you guys wear.”

The older maid nodded. “That’s correct, but to fly with Los, you need protection and your hair needs to be contained.”

“Fly with?”

A deep voice spoke from the doorway. “Breakfast first, Idalia. We will travel far today.”

She looked at him and swallowed. Black hair, pewter skin, eyes that were lit with fire, and a wrap

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