A/N-Rating has gone up. You'll be able to tell by the first sentence. Thanks to my reviewers, and sorry about the delay! I was supposed to go on a short bike ride, but I ended up in another city! That's my excuse.
Disclaimer-Same as before. The characters aren't mine.
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"Bitch!" Lukiem shouted. "That…damn bitch!"
He slammed his fist into the delicately carved desk. A small crack appeared.
Lukiem had spent the last of his waking hours pouring over ways to get Kalasin The Wench away from Kaddar, and more importantly, the throne.
She had no respect for anyone! She was Tortallan, the people they were considering going to war with only three years ago! He could see it now: she would take the throne. Then, as soon as she was in power, she would bankrupt the kingdom, and go running back to Tortall. He knew her plan.
He would stop her.
He laughed.
Stop her, indeed.
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Kalasin was relaxing against the waterfall, and figured she had probably been in the bath around an hour when the door opened.
She quickly dove underwater as the person walked into the room. Who could get past the guards? She hadn't heard any commotion outside the doors…
And then it hit her. She had to share this room…with Kaddar!
It made sense, but she hadn't thought of that before. She just prayed that he wouldn't want to take a bath.
She quickly ran out of breath, and slowly, as to not cause any sound, she rose and broke the surface. She peered above the bath's outer edge.
He was disrobing.
He's pretty good-looking! Kalasin thought before she could stop herself. She immediately scolded herself.
But he was. His tan skin and his cropped black hair went well with the reds, oranges and yellows of Carthaki royalty. He was tall for his age, above the six-foot mark. He was fit and looked like he had been built for his life.
His entire torso was now uncovered. Kalasin kept looking, waiting for something she didn't yet know of…
"Graveyard Hag!" he shouted.
He had spotted her.
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A/N-Cliffy! I know it's short, but it's a chapter. Please, please review.