Jia forgave this disobedience, earning another frown from Mina. Despite her tiredness, a current of ebullience ran through the girl’s words.
“I know how to do it, mistress. It will require vast power and precise timing, and the willing contribution of the slave. The spell will be a coital one requiring simultaneous orgasm.”
“Those are the best kind,” Jia grinned.
She lavished Elia with gratitude and then ordered her sternly to bed. When the girl hesitated by moving to put away the scrolls and memory crystals she’d left piled on a table, the Empress chivvied her out and took over that task herself. Mina joined her and they worked in silence. Once everything was properly sorted and stored, Jia beckoned her Second to a crate of crystals deliberately left unpacked. Before taking what she kn
