Astrid is grateful to the medic. The trip to the Summer Baths was long and every move of the carriage was extremely painful. She would have gone insane if the medic wouldn't have given her drops of a potion that made her sleep most of the time."She is a fighter." Loras stares at her almost amused under the worried look."She is, Your Majesty. I didn't expect her to recover and even on the road..." The medic answers while Astrid looks at them in silence. How boring it is to listen to a conversation and not be able to join. This is why she is so grateful to Loras. When they stop for breaks, the pain is manageable so she doesn't have to sleep. Loras stays next to her and reads her poetry so she wouldn't feel lonely. The sound of his voice is soothing and the looks on the guard's faces when they see their king reading poetry to a slave are priceless.Astrid sees the sun almost lost under the trees. Evening. When she last fell asleep it was only noon.She stares at the window and then at

The weather is warm, so when Loras rips her dress off, Astrid doesn't feel cold. No, the burning pleasure of his every touch makes her body burst into flames of pleasure. He kisses her neck, with his teeth, gently nibbling her soft skin. His hands explore her exposed chest, making her moan when he rolls his thumb over her nipples again. Then one hand goes down slowly, touching her belly, her hips, then grabbing her ass. Her breaths are starting to get shorter and shorter. And when his hand touches the soft skin in between her tights, she screams.The sensation was so sudden, so electrifying. She never felt anything like this before.Astrid looks at Loras. He moved his hand, grabbing her ass and pulling her closer to him. She gasps for air, wanting to say something. To beg him to stop or to continue, she is unsure herself."Shh..." He whispers in her ear, covering her mouth. "There's no one to hear you here. Only I exist for you."When she was about to protest, she takes a big breath.

"Your Majesty... It's inappropriate for a slave to give punishments to the lords..." Lord Sirius says. This man can't keep his mouth closed to save his life."What is even more inappropriate, Lord Sirius is the blatant disrespect for my orders that you showed. And because of it, because you seem to not care about respecting the rules, the rules won't be applied to you. The slave will decide." Loras responds and his voice leaves no room for arguing.Lord Sirius looks at Astrid with a mixture of fear and disgust and she realizes that no matter what she wears or what she'll become, in his eyes, she will always be below him.Astrid clears her voice. She would like to teach him a lesson, to pretend for a moment that she can change his mind by showing him how it feels like to be powerless, at the mercy of someone that doesn't care about your screams. But it would be pointless as people like him could never understand."I know, my lord that most of your money comes from slave trading. The wo

A while ago she wished, like any naive, young girl to find love, to build a happy family like the one she saw her parents had. Then, when they died, she wished she could die and join them. Then she wanted Loras. But now? There isn't much she isn't contempt with. Of course, she could ask Lanna to forgive her. Ask to know who wants to kill her. But if you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a wish in front of the witch that so few have the luck to meet... she feels like she doesn't have an important enough wish for such a chance."I don't know..." She answers sincerely.The witch doesn't seem surprised."You are not the first one. But don't worry, you will not lose your chance. When you have your wish, come find me.""How will I find you again?" Astrid asks."When your heart will find your wish, call my name and I will guide you." She answers.They hear some people coming and the witch rushes to say her goodbyes and vanishes yet again, leaving Astrid and Loras alone in the dar

"It can't be!" Astrid answers. "She wouldn't."Lanna may have been an asshole to Astrid a few times since they both became favorites, but to pay someone to kill her? That is too much. They have been here for too little, this place didn't have time to corrupt her that deeply."How sure are you?" Loras asks."Very. And if you don't believe what kind of person she is, if you didn't see how shaken she was last night, then think about it logically. No maid would have agreed to help her. She was here for one night. I was here for three nights at that point, including the sacred day.""So you think you are too superior to Lanna for any maid to try and kill you for her." Loras asks looking amused."I think no maid would have risked your anger for someone who already looked like they lost your favor. I disagree with the harem hierarchy. But I'm not too dumb to understand it." Astrid rolls her eyes. Not everyone has his sense of superiority."I agree." He answers, getting serious again."You do