Cheryl Brooks - Cat Star Chronicles - 3 by Rogue

Author:Rogue [Rogue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-10-20T00:32:24.378000+00:00

THE EDRAITIANS ARRIVED FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE ABOUT A

month or so later, and since I didn't see any point in advertising the fact that I was pale all over when they were

such a beautiful shade of blue, I went back to wearing a

dress for the duration of their visit.

We decided to have a short piano recital before the

main event, and Uragus had been practicing like mad.

Zealon and Racknay would also be performing, but it

was a safe bet that their little brother would be the star of

the show. Tychar had urged me to play my own composition as a part of the program, but I wasn't quite ready

to share it with the world. It was still too personal, and

besides, I didn't want to appear to be trying to upstage

the children. This was their night, and I didn't want anything to overshadow their accomplishments.

I met up with Nindala in the Great Hall the day they

arrived, and we spent the next two days exchanging news

and girl talk. She hadn't changed a bit since I saw her

last: still tall, still stately, and still spectacularly beautiful.

If only Trag could meet her! I had asked Scalia's permission to introduce them, thinking that she might like the

idea of finding him a mate, but it was fairly obvious that

Trag had been talking, because she seemed to know just

how much "help" I had been to her lonely slave boys.

"They do not need another female if they have you,"

she said with a regal wave of her hand. "Do not forget

the bounty on them, Kyra! These entertainers may mention their presence here to the wrong people."

"Yes, but Trag needs his own mate," I argued. I hated

to tell her this, but after that one joint encounter, Trag

hadn't broached the subject much at all. Oh, he teased,

and he flirted, but nothing more, and I had an idea his

conscience was bothering him. "If you're worried about

the money, maybe they could buy him from you."

I could tell that this suggestion was not at all to

Scalia's liking. "I do not wish to sell my cats," she

said flatly. "Not to anyone."

Which included me. While I had mentioned the idea

of buying Tychar from her, Scalia had never actually

agreed to it, and it was now quite apparent that she

wanted to keep things just the way they were. This meant

that I would certainly never willingly leave Darconia,

but whether Nindala would want to stay remained to be

seen. She was more of a free spirit than I was, though

given what I knew about the Zetithian brothers, Trag

might be enough incentive for her to stick around for a

while—if they ever met, that is.

Of course, if I couldn't tell Nindala about the tigers, any

time I spent with her would be time spent without them,

which made me wonder if I would go into withdrawal

from the lack of joy juice. I hadn't reckoned on Scalia

being so possessive, though I probably should have—after

all, she'd been keeping her slaves a secret for a very long

time. Nindala probably posed no threat to their safety, but

people do talk, and a band

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