Chapter Thirteen: Ylväs Suq
She woke the next morning, after a blissful night of undisturbed sleep, to find Rial dressed and crouching down by the bedside inches away as he studied her. She struggled back to wakefulness, wiping her mouth, hoping he hadn’t been watching her drool.
“Here is the first offering to my angel.” He set a small box next to her pillow.
Curiosity defeated lethargy, and she propped herself up on her elbow and examined his present. The box was petite and studded with bright colored jewels that refracted the light. She opened the box and gasped. Inside, resting on a ruby velvet cushion, sat her srilao medallion. “I thought… I meant to… Thank you, Rial.”
“We made a deal. One hundred gifts, right?”
She narrowed her eyes at him. “We did?” She didn’t recall accepting h
