Chapter 1 - Prepared
The bells on the vest jingled as his arms came around her, his lips touching her neck. Training was over for today, it seemed, and it was time to move on to other business.
There had been no discussion of payment at all so far. She had thought of bringing it up herself several times, but always stopped herself for fear of what the answer might be. They were not words she wanted to hear aloud.
He turned her around slowly to face him, kissing twice along her cheek before reaching her lips. There his kisses continued as he guided her to the bedroom.
She was prepared, however. More prepared than she expected to be, in fact, after experiencing just how charming he could be. Though in truth she'd been prepared long before she brewed herself the nararoot tea that morning.
Her mouth opened at his insistence, her tongue moving over his clean straight teeth, her nose breathing in deeply. The scent of soap still lingered on him, just as it had the day she first met him.
She'd been prepared even before she chose her teacher.
"So, why do you want to be a thief, Nalia De'Arnise?"
