Dragon Betrayed (Immortal Dragons Book 0) by Ophelia Bell

Author:Ophelia Bell [Bell, Ophelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ophelia Bell
Published: 2016-06-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Nikhil led her back the way they came without giving her the opportunity to bathe again.

“It is time for the mistress to judge her worth,” he’d said shortly to Belah’s pets, who gaped at his abrupt manner in the aftermath of their orgy.

Nyla tried to object, but Belah shot her a warning look as Nikhil fastened the collar around her neck again and yanked her toward the door while she was still hurriedly wrapping the skirt back around her waist.

A cool evening breeze blew through the palace’s public courtyard as he led her back through. The slick remnants of pleasure her pets had left all over her skin dried into tight patches, no doubt visible to anyone who glanced at her. The people did more than glance this time. They openly stared and pointed. Belah could hear the thread of rumors beginning like a pebble tossed in a pond—had she displeased the empress? What would happen to her?

In spite of their derision, Belah’s senses went wild. Her nipples hardened more with every utterance of the word “whore” and her pussy grew hot with the tittered suggestions that she might be forced to spread her legs for all of them, if the empress wished. Belah would have never tortured anyone that way, but knew she wasn’t immune to rumors. None of her subjects seemed to live in fear of such a threat, at any rate, as their auras all pulsed with avid interest.

A harsh yank of her collar brought her up short.

Nikhil stepped around her in the center of the courtyard and all the curious citizens shrank back. His eyes flashed wildly beneath his brows as he stared at them all.

“You are all ungrateful peons!” he yelled. “Your empress expects more respect from you for her other subjects. This young woman just endured a harrowing test. Which she passed. Her reward is a night with her goddess. You should all be so lucky.”

Grumbling, he moved on and Belah followed, dazed by his outburst. When they reached her room he pushed her to her knees and let her leash fall to the ground before disappearing back out the door.

Belah remained there, dazed and staring at the floor for a few moments, until Nikhil returned with a bustling column of her servants, each one toting a bucket of steaming water, which they carried into her bathing chamber and dumped into her tub. She watched as though outside herself for the first time that day, too confused by her experience, followed by Nikhil’s shift in mood, to be able to properly process how she should react. He was fully in control now, and seemed to understand as much. When the last servant exited her room, Nikhil stripped naked, then returned to her.

“Look at me, ‘Iilahatan,” he said softly, kneeling down to her level and nudging her chin up with one gentle finger.

She raised her head and met his gaze. Deep weariness filled in his gaze, reminding her of the day she’d found him on his death bed.

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