Forty-four:
Imperator Zale
I ordered Sirena’s things moved into my room. Now that we had slept together, I wanted everyone to know that she was mine. No one else was going to get her. “Zale!” Sirena shrieked from her room. It was right across from mine. I smiled and walked over to her now empty chambers.
“You called, my love?” I said.
“What did you do to my room?” she asked.
“We’re going to be sharing our room now,” I told her, “I want to be part of everything for the baby in the way that my father wasn’t.”
Sirena blushed. “Zale, we don’t even know if there is a baby yet.”
I reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder. “Perhaps not. But we will.” I stroked her cheek. “Now that I’ve tasted you, Sirena, I don’t ever want to let you go. I want us to have a palace full of child
