The Prince's Harem Box Set: The Prince's Harem Books 1-5 by Roberts Carly & Woods Serenity

Author:Roberts, Carly & Woods, Serenity [Roberts, Carly]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-07-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

The eyes of the two women standing next to us almost fell out. I would have found it comical if I wasn’t so upset.

I waited for the Prince’s brow to darken, for him to yell, or even to strike me. He did none of those things. His eyebrows rose, and then—placing his hands behind his back—he turned to the others in the room and said something in his own language, presumably translating what I’d said.

The men who had been in the tent when I arrived gasped, while behind me one of those who had accompanied the Prince whistled, and the other gave a wry chuckle.

The Prince turned back to me. He studied me for a long moment, and I had the feeling he was going to tell me to just turn around and leave if that was what I wanted so much.

But he didn’t. Instead, he demanded, “Lower your veil.”

For a long moment I did nothing. I wanted to defy him, to prove that I was not his and never would be.

He stared at me as though there was no chance in the world that I wasn’t going to do what he commanded. Clearly, he was a man used to giving orders to his wives and his men, and it was obvious that both of us knew I wasn’t strong enough to keep up the challenge.

Lifting my chin, I unwrapped the veil from my head and lowered it. My chest heaved with emotion as I stood there like a prize heifer being sold at a market while he surveyed me.

His expression softened, and his eyes warmed, but he didn’t say anything.

Instead, he sighed. “Give her a hot bath,” he told Nedira. “Something to eat. And put her to bed. She looks ready to drop.”

“Do not speak as if I am not in the room!” I yelled.

He glared at me. “We will speak again tomorrow, when you are feeling more reasonable.”

“I am perfectly reasonable now!”

He ignored me. “I will bathe and change in the other tent,” he told Nedira and Farah. “And I will return later.”

Without another word, he turned and strode out, the two men behind him following.

I stared at the women, who looked totally shocked at the fact that I had confronted him. My heart sank. What had I done? Angered the man I was probably going to have to marry before we were even wed! I was so foolish!

My lip trembled, and I burst into tears.

Nedira sighed and gestured to the man who had first welcomed me when I arrived. She directed him in her own language, then said, “I have asked him to fetch hot water. The Prince is right. A bath and then bed is what you need.”

“I don’t need a bath,” I sobbed.

They ignored me, and I stood in the middle of the tent trying to compose myself while they filled a large metal tub with hot water heated in pails over the fire outside. The tub lay in one of the screened-off “rooms”, out of sight of the men in the tent.

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