19. Devo…

Back in the room;

Tiana laid in the bathtub filled with hot water, thinking about what the guards had said about her. She shouldn't have slapped Nicklaus in front of his men. It was disrespectful, and still he hadn't got angry with her.

Nicklaus was asleep when she came back to the room, so she asked a maid to prepare a hot bath for her. The hot water was soothing, relaxing her tense muscles until it felt like a massage and in a moment it made her fall into a deep sleep.

She woke up shifting in the bed. The soft satin sheets rubbed against her skin and she realized she was not wearing much. Tiana quickly sat up on the bed and lifted the sheet up. She was only wearing a towel, her shoulders, legs and thighs were bare. It took her a moment to remember that she was taking a bath earlier and fell asleep and now here she was. How?

A sound made her look to her side. Nicklaus was sitting in a chair, a glass of wine in his hands as he studied her with those extraordinary eyes. He was the only