Chapter 14November 6-7
Alo had thought Var would carefully and quietly open his bedroom door late at night, having slipped past all the guards wrapped in his shadow cloak and his magic. He lay naked in bed, with one torch lamp burning on the night table, imagining what would happen next. Var would appear at the door, smile, and close it behind him, and turn to face Alo, who just might throw aside the bedclothes in invitation. He would languidly stroke his erection and lick his lips as Var slipped his magician’s robe off one shoulder, then the next, and then let the silken robe slide to the floor. He would stand there for a moment, his beautiful body flushed with desire, and would come to Alo….
But Var didn’t come. Alo ached in disappointment. But Var was working, after all, for him. Late
