Skin Dominion (Skin Hunter Series Book 3) by Tania Hutley

Author:Tania Hutley [Hutley, Tania]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-30T05:00:00+00:00

Twelve

Dinner is long over, and I’m in the room they gave me, lying in the darkness trying to sleep, when there’s a knock at the door.

Cale. It must be him. Who else would knock so late at night?

I slip out of bed and cross quickly to the door, my pulse speeding up as I think of the night we spent together in the safe house. Pausing for a moment at the door, I smooth the knee-length shift I wore to bed and lift a hand to check my hair. I have no idea what kind of complicated technology keeps it looking so perfect, but my silky bob is as neat as always.

When I throw open the door, it’s not Cale on the other side.

“Sentin?” I blink at him. He’s still dressed in the smart black suit he wore to dinner, and the licorice and aniseed scent of his aftershave smells even better than before, as though freshly applied. He’s as handsome as Cale, in his own way. Darker and more angular. Tall, and with an unevenness to his features that I’ve come to appreciate.

He inclines his head. “I’m going outside, and I’d like you to come with me.”

“Outside?” I ask. “Where?”

“There’s a bar within walking distance. You should see a little Deiterran nightlife while you’re here.”

I resist the urge to ask aloud whether I’m asleep and this is a weird dream. Sentin never does anything without a reason. If he wants me to go drinking with him at a Deiterran bar, then I’d better go. No matter how bizarre this is.

“Give me a minute to change.”

I shut the door on him so I can slip into trousers, flat shoes, and a shirt. When I open it again, I ask, “Is this okay for where we’re going?”

He holds out a strip of cloth. “Drape this over your hair.”

I take it, frowning. “Why?”

“Because you don’t look Deiterran.”

Of course. I remember the hostile looks from the people who were working in the fields, and make a kind of hood with the fabric, pulling it forward at the sides so my face will be hard to see.

As Sentin leads me down the hall, I wonder about stopping to get Cale. But Sentin walks past the door to Cale’s room, and I think better of it. Cale looks as foreign here as I do. Besides, my best guess about why we’re going out is that Sentin needs to talk to me privately. Maybe he’s worried there are listening devices here, and we’ll be overheard. Although after our dinner conversation, it’s a little late to worry about that.

“Will the Deiterrans mind us leaving like this?” I ask.

“Why should they mind? We’re just going to enjoy ourselves.”

I raise my eyebrows at him, doubting that Sentin’s ever gone to a bar to have fun in his life. There’s definitely something clandestine going on.

At least he seems to know his way around the palace. He leads me down several long hallways, and manages to find the front entrance with no problem.

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