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He reo He’d been permitted to stay up when some of his father’s friends had coarown late and he’d been dozing on the couch when his father, who had a strong interest in Hayll’s history, especially where it pertained to the Blood, had gently voiced his concern about soes that had taken place in their society over the past few centuries Olvan had made no accusations, had named no names, had merely pointed out some differences in the way males who didn’t serve in a court were treated

The next day, when he and Olvan were taking a rae, the Queen of the Province and twelve of her guards ca up The Queen had snapped a few questions at Olvan, becoed with his respectful replies

A few led from a tree branch The spelled ropes around his wrists had prevented hi Craft to undo the knots or sever the ropes Even if he’d h to challenge the co there while he pleaded with the Queen to tell hi finally stopped, six of the guards uncurled their whips

The force of the bloung Olvan back and forth, back and forth

There had been no sy ar, there had been a hint of fear in their eyes, as if co in contact with a male who didn’t understand obedience would taint them somehow and h it all, another guard had held Krelis and made hi there, half-dead

Krelis still re desperately to the nearest house for help, still re the ride back ho

And he still remembered thehad nothing to do with the courteous answers his father hadto do with Olvan’s oldest andback to the house or inviting his father to any of theirs

That was the uard

That was the moment he understood that howthat s werenowAnd the only way to do that was to serve in a strong court

Krelis stood up and stretched

So here he was just beginning his sixteenth century--a young -lived Hayllian race--and he was already the Master of the Guard of the strongest court in Hayll An i-stone toward the other things he wanted

He had worked too long and too hard to let some Gray-Jeweled bitch ould die in a few decades anyway spoil his plans

Chapter Three

He had alh to catch one of the Winds If he’d had a fewof Obedience to pull hiuards and their whips, he would have been home by now

He would have had those seconds if he had killed the guard keeping watch on the slave pen But at the last ed forward intent on the kill, he had seen the sauard’s eyes that had been in the eyes of the Queen just before her blood had covered his handsand he had yanked that savagery back His attack had stunned the guard long enough for him to escape from the pen, but the man had recovered too quickly, had been able to sound the alarm too soon

There would be no other chance Not after last night

I’m sorry, Mother I’m sorry

"Don’t look so pretty now, do ya, twat-licker?" Pain and the guard’s sneering words brought Jared back to the present He looked at the riuard hawked and spat "All you pretty boys, prancing around in your fancy clothes, acting like you was better than other men,real oing to want to play with you now, are they, pretty boy? ‘Cept theQueensin Pruul, and everyone knohat kind of ga a black hole where a couple of teeth were ht back to this slave pen at dawn, forced to his knees, and then tied so securely to the four waist-high iron posts he couldn’t move at all, not even his head He’d had no food or water since yesterday afternoon’s ration The auction steward in charge of the controlling ring connected to his Ring of Obedience had been sending low-level pain through the Ring since his capture last night His genitals were so tender that even a fly walking across his balls<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>