The Scorpion's Empress by Yoshiyuki Ly

Author:Yoshiyuki Ly [Ly, Yoshiyuki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Solstice Publishing - Solstice at Night Imprint
Published: 2016-06-01T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Fealty

(Raj)

Ishouldn’t have resisted you last night.

Such a simple note from Videl had my stomach in knots. I’d walked into my office right at dawn and found this on my desk. I stared down at the bit of paper. I turned the words over in my mind. I memorized the flow of her slanted handwriting—it wasn’t as neat as the poem she’d written me. Still disciplined in its own way. More urgent this time. I grazed my hand along her small craft, fingers and wrist trembling. I’d been terrified that I pushed her away last night. I knew she had troubles with her gender. It was selfish of me to be that aggressive with her right off the bat, but I hadn’t been able to help myself. Seeing this note from her steadily helped to calm my nerves. I held my breath to keep my control. Finn was in my office with me, going on about some shit I didn’t care about. I nodded every now and then to make him think I was listening. Really, all I could think about was what had been on Videl’s mind after the night we’d had. This seriously got in the way of work. I had to remember that I had a city to take care of. There were a bunch of particulars to sort out with my meeting with Nyte later that night at Slutgarden—how long Kurtz could distract Mistress Fury for, certain people from other gangs who’d crowd the area and hide us talking together or tip us off if she got suspicious. All of it had to be organized. So I did my best to keep it together until the evening. I thought about asking Videl to come with me as my girl—nothing less.

Too often throughout the day, my fantasies got the better of me. I noticed it whenever my breathing slowed and my surroundings faded away. I stayed put in this room; every part of me reached out to her. By the time six o’clock rolled around, I couldn’t concentrate on anything else. I wanted her to take me.

“Is something wrong?”

Videl walked slowly into my office. She looked worried about me. It was another small thing that got to me so much. I didn’t realize how much I needed her support—not until she knelt down in front of me. I had her settle her head in my lap. She stayed there, holding me around my waist without a word. Pure elation built inside of me like nerves. I stroked her hair; smoothed down her upper back through her shirt. Her quiet devotion settled all of my worries about us.

“You’re a sight for sore eyes,” I said, smiling. “Just another one of those days. Don’t you worry about me.” Videl nodded along the silk of my sari. “What about you, sweet pea? Your day go all right?”

“I was supposed to spend the day with my sister,” she replied. “Technically, I did. I watched her help the history teachers with their classes.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.