Chapter Twenty-EightMelcorka heard the slight sound. She turned over in her bed, pulled the furs over her face and closed her eyes. It did not matter what the noise was. She was safe in her own rooms in her own palace and, with Chaytan commanding the guards, she had nothing to fear.
She felt the man beside her stir. 'Keep still,' she ordered. He moved again, so she pushed him away and said, 'Get out.' She watched him rise and stumble around naked in the dark. He turned once, opened the door and left. The door closed. Melcorka turned around again and closed her eyes.
That noise came a second time.
Melcorka grunted and sat up. She contemplated shouting for a servant, decided not to, threw back the covers and stood up. 'Is somebody there?' She should have kept that man with her after all.
