Her Master cleaned her up like he was wont to do, and when he was finished, she felt him putting her clothing to rights before pulling the covers over her. “I’ll come back in a while. Rest well, pet.”
She rested.
When she woke up, she expected her Master to be seated next to her bed, but another man had come to take his place. Hair and eyes the shade of gold, skin almost the shade of ivory, and a body that appeared just as hard, the man looked very familiar–
Oh.
It was the man who had fed from her earlier!
His voice was gentle and beautiful when he spoke. “Hello.” She croaked out, “Hello.”
Feeling weird at the way he was looking at her, Zari made an effort to sit up. She was also tempted to pull the covers up but managed not to, telling herself she was overreacting. It wasn’t that th
