Play to Kiss: A Royal Lesfic Romance by Arizona Tape

Author:Arizona Tape [Tape, Arizona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, lgbt, lesbian, romance, Social Science, LGBT Studies, General, Contemporary, Multicultural & Interracial
Google: 9xF-DwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B07KJXRKZF
Publisher: Vampari Press
Published: 2020-09-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16. Family

“YOU SERVED ME WELL, Jamila,” I spoke. Her eyes filled with hope and I refrained from laughing. People were pathetic. “But this is the end. Thank you for your service.”

“No! No, please, no! I need to take care of my family. My little sister, she’s only five. She needs the money for her school, please, Your Highness. I beg of you, forgive me, I will serve you my whole life, I’ll do anything you want. Anything.”

I crouched down next to her and touched her cheek. “Don’t you see... You have served me your whole life.” I brushed a tear away, studying the anguish in her eyes. She didn’t seem too concerned about her own life, instead, she kept blabbering about her family. Was this love?

“I beg you, please, Your Royal Highness. Zafira. Please!” she sobbed, my name rolling off her tongue for the first time ever. How impudent, yet interesting.

“You’ll do anything for your family?” I asked, curious about her reaction. She wasn’t the first who begged, not at all. But it felt different... She wasn’t giving up, not even when I made it crystal clear I wasn’t going to save her. Why? What kept her going on? Why didn’t she accept her fate?

“Anything, I promise. Anything. I just want my family to be safe, for my little sister to grow up better than I did.”

I shot Jade a look, asking her for a moment. The blonde studied me, her eyes boring deeply into mine. Was she reading my blackened soul?

She didn’t interfere, so I took that as a good sign. I brushed a strand of hair behind Jamila’s ear and smiled. “With one word to the palace master, he’ll send more riches to your family than they’ve ever seen. They’d have enough for their whole lives and so would your sister. But for that to happen, I need you to do one thing for me.”

“Yes, please, anything!”

My lips curled up in a devious grin. Perfect. “I need you to die.”

From the corner, I heard Jade’s surprised cough, but I dismissed it. This was far too fascinating.

“What?” Jamila stared at me hesitantly.

“I need you to die,” I repeated myself, not sure why she was confused. My request was very simple.

“But...”

“Looks like your family is starving then.” I turned away from her and brushed the dust off my dress.

“Wait!”

Ah, music to my ears. “I’m listening.”

“If I die, you swear you’ll take care of my family?”

“You have my word.”

My handmaiden stared at me, her eyes swimming with tears. She looked at Jade, probably wondering how serious she was. That made two of us. I was calling her bluff, but would she actually do it?

“What’s your final answer?” I stared at Jamila’s expression and found the answer before she even opened her mouth.

“Yes. I’ll do it.”

I studied the exchange in her eyes and found something new, something different. Like all the other women, the life was leaking out of her before she actually met her death. Unlike the others, she wasn’t panicked or desperate.

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