Claimed by the Dragon Lord Book Two by Miranda Bailey

Author:Miranda Bailey [Bailey, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sparrow Publishing
Published: 2020-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Adakan

I smiled across the table at Ana. I’d have much preferred to sit beside her, but here on Letolzet, custom dictated that men were placed on one side of the table, the women the other.

I knew she’d rather not be here. She never complained when I asked her to attend a formal function, but neither was I so blind that I couldn’t see the reluctance with which she attended. While in public, she was as charming and winning as ever, but I knew she would much prefer to be working with people who needed her help.

Normally, I allowed her to stay behind, citing the importance of her work, but Letolzet was a special case. If I didn’t have a mate on my arm, one would be provided for me. Here, the people did everything as pairs, and to attend a formal state function without a companion at my side would be scandalous.

I felt rather bad for her. While the nanobots would prevent the food we ate from harming us, they didn’t do anything for the taste. The Letolzets used a root native to their planet as a spice in most of their dishes, a spice that gave the food a bitter, rancid taste. The Letolzets loved it, but most of the rest of the universe despised it, and their traditional food was the joke of the universe. To tell a cook you’d eaten better on Letolzet was a scathing insult. Through trial and error, I’d learned which dishes used the spice lightly and which didn’t and ate mostly those that weren’t heavily spiced. Anastasia, on the other hand, was being helped by the two Letolzets to either side, and they were suggesting mostly foods loaded with the root.

I had to hide my smile in my napkin when she looked at me with pleading eyes, but there was nothing I could do to help her. I couldn’t very well insult our hosts by suggesting their food tasted bad. As the meal progressed, Anastasia nodded and smiled, tasting everything that was suggested. She may not enjoy being my lady on occasions such as these, but she did her duty well.

I was on Letolzet meeting with First One, Letolzet’s leader. The Letolzet leader was unique in the universe in that nobody knew his actual name. When he assumed the rank of First One, all mention of his given name was scrubbed from the records and was replaced with First One. It was both a title and a name and served to remind all that the man no longer existed and that he had devoted his life to the Letolzet people.

After the vote on Finchia had gone decisively my way, more and more people were coming around to the idea that I hadn’t technically broken the Prime Law. I might have broken the spirit of the law, but I had done it with the best of intentions and only in the direst of circumstances. The Aquarians were the first to make a public

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