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He stripped and stepped into the auto it rinse hiuilt and shame

The auto hot air across his skin He squeezed his eyes closed at the sensation For so his cock in Mina’s hothim like an obedient slave

But she hadn’t been an obedient slave, had she? She’d stolen the crystal ring and Venusian talisman from his pocket and used the The beauty was as smart and capable as she was skilled and seductive

Even if the galaxy had a million other Zandian fe than Mina

Ignoring his cock, which now ached thanks to his thoughts of Mina, he stepped out of the washtube and dressed in clean white palace finery He couldn’t avoid seeing Zander and Seke forever

With any luck, the weekly meal would be about to start, and there wouldn’t be tireat roos stood, athering at the enor table, set with the weekly feast their chef, Barr, prepared

So bent on preparing himself for what to say to Zander, Erick didn’t realize the cause of so much ani…

No It couldn’t be Had Talia bleached her hair?

But Talia stood next to Tomis, which meant…

As if she felt his stare, Mina lifted her beautiful eyes at the same moment he went stock still, arrested in the entryway to the Great Room

“Erick,” Seke said, observing the direction of her gaze His barrel chest appeared wider than ever “Come and meet my firstborn, Tara She found her way here yesterday, all on her own Both daughters returned in the same week, can you believe it?” The baffled wonder in the scarred warrior’s face hten

Keep walking, idiot Or at least say so

But he literally couldn’t ue speak

Seke, normally as sharp and attentive as they coht Erick was ogling “Tara, this is Master Erick, Prince Zander’s business and trade advisor”

Mina lowered her blue-violet eyes—so much like her father’s—and dropped into a demure curtsy “Pleased to meet you, Master Erick”