“If his Majesty does not wish a report, I can certainly leave. I have no doubt my skills can be better used elsewhere.”Cailan winced and modulated...his tone. “That’s not what I meant. You’re from Bann Teagan’s battalion, yes? Why are you all here? You’re supposed to be protecting Redcliffe.”“The darkspawn never came. We waited, and I scouted very thoroughly. There are no darkspawn anywhere near Redcliffe, your Majesty. Bann Teagan thought we could be more use here than protecting the village. “No,” he said, “you have always seemed fully in control of your dominant self. From the time you reacted to my suggestion in the office, the first time I saw you at Mistress Calloway’s, you had obviously learned your craft. Why wouldn’t you be able to keep your part?”“Do you remember what I told you at that first lunch meeting?”“Yes, of course,” Lionel nodded his head. “I remember it exactly. ‘I am prepared to accept your offer of service. However,” he paused, anxious to make sure that he had. Since my five-year agreement had long passed, I contemplated rendering my resignation to move on to bigger and better things, but rumors started circulating, rumors that got my attention.Six weeks later, the rumors we had heard about became a reality; Solmar and Renthone Laboratories had merged. Unlike most mergers where personal cuts were part of the master plan, this was not the case at all. Renthone was not a competitor of Solmar in the least and this merger was intended to enhance both. You had convinced yourself you were nothing more than a dug mule to Cobie. The sex is just her way of repaying you because in here there is precious little else to give you. Any money she could give you outside would be so very easy for Internal Affairs to notice and track. With a starlet like her, they have to be looking at your financials. She definitely gives you the best sex that you have ever had. You are not exactly experienced with sex with many different people though so you wonder what.