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In this scene, Pietas and a Kin female he's hired to help him on his quest have returned to their hotel room, hungry, exhausted, and dirty. While Dark Hair (his nickname for her) takes a bath, Pietas updates Uurah on his progress. The immortal king has no status on this world, and it rankles him, but he's determined to accomplish what he came for.
Dark Hair calls out to him, calling him nahee -- which means alien. She refuses to use the name he gave her, because she recognized it as being false. Kin can smell lies, and while Pietas refuses to tell a lie, it doesn't mean he won't bend the truth.
Pietas trudged over to the door and knocked. "You want me to come in?"
"Yes." When he opened the door, she was sitting in the bathtub, her short hair curling in the damp, warm air. "You scrub back." She held out a sponge.
Pietas knelt, took the sponge, and dipped it into the water. "Soap?"
She picked up a bar and handed it to him.
After he rubbed it on the sponge and worked up a lather, he began making small circles on her back.
She sighed with pleasure. "You good this."
"Thank you." He covered her back with soap, then dropped the sponge and set both hands on her shoulders.
When he stroked her tight muscles, she moaned in pleasure, arching beneath his touch.
Her dark furskin felt like wet velvet under his hands. He didn't stop until he'd massaged every bit of her back and neck. "Rinse?"
She slid down in the water and then sat back up. With one easy movement, she stood.
Pietas braced himself on the tub's edge as he stood, fighting not to wince at the pain. He offered his hand as she stepped out of the tub.
Naked, she stood before him like a queen, as confident and powerful as if she wore robes of state.
He picked up a thick towel, as lush as any aboard his vessel. Clean, white, soft. He dried her and took care to keep his touch from being intimate. When he knelt to dry her clawed feet, she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You look up, nahee."
He met her gaze.
"Who you serve before me?"
"Serve? You mean"-- He motioned with the towel --"like this?"
Dark Hair nodded.
He thought of Cyken. "A king."
"King." She stooped before him, peering into his eyes. "Was king to you. But you are king."
Had he let something slip? He'd taken care not to bring anything that gave his true identity. "Why would you say I'm a king?"
She kissed him, her lips gentle against his, and then pulled back. "I see in everything you do. You not servant." She caressed his face. "You have power. I feel. But you hold inside. You not take power for you. You give this power." She flattened one hand over his chest. "You king with servant heart."
Antonello Brothers: Immortal - Because Romance Lives Forever
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