He laughed at that, acknowledging the truth of her argument. So he slept until dawn… when he was woken by Una’s mouth licking his hard cock.
They spent the next day bathing in the lake, making love, eating the leftover meat from the previous day. Resting and enjoying each other while they could. Because Urgan knew that when Grikh came back with the news and when they finally returned to the capital, they would be busy with work and problems to solve.
But for that one day, they were just the two of them, fresh mates in the throes of passion.
Grikh returned the next day. He had brought them bread and meat from the capital, and they sat down to eat while he shared his news.
“General, our suspicions were right. The ragghits that attacked us came from the imperial menagerie. They had been trained to follow your scent. And it had been ordered and arranged… by the Imperator himself.
“He doesn’t want you to court his daughter. That was only Urzulah’s wish. She spread the rumors that you were intended for her, hoping to discourage other females from approaching you. But the Imperator believes you have outlived your purpose.
“He wants you dead.”
End of Book 1
