’I separated both her clenched-together hands and held them gently in mine, before bringing them to my lips and kissed them in turn. Her eyes grew l...rge and even more fearsome of what she felt was to befall her, rejection or consummation, both held the same promises of pain and hurt in like measures.‘Once again, are you still a virgin, my dear sweet wife?’‘Of course, I come to you as pure as winter snow, er, do you have snow there on your home world?’‘Not where our palace stands, not on that. It was her first hot bath. In summers in the past, she went to an isolated spring fed pond and bathed in lukewarm water but this was hot. She loved the attention. When she had enough she stood up, stepped out onto a towel as the ladies patted her dry. She was brought a soft nightgown with slippers and led to a small room with a comfortable bed. Without any hesitation, she got under the blankets and fell into a deep sleep.Alexis was awakened by a lady softly shaking her shoulder. Her eyes popped. But I am not you savior, I am just as fucked as you.”“Please don’t take pity on me,” Robert says, finally able to speak. “My life has been a nightmare. My soul is fractured to the bone. And if I must be lonely, I think I’d rather be alone. You cannot save me. You can’t even save yourself. I cannot save you, I can’t even save myself. So just save yourself.”The man is silent as Cynthia climbs back to her feet.He looks up at her as if for the first time and says, “You know, naked is a good look. "I've got him my queen," Mileen told her a moment later. "He tried to secure the prisoner. He was thrown against the bulk head." Here Mileen growled low. "I should break the other just to teach him a lesson!" Twitty's eyes went wide then she whispered to Mileen. "If you did then you'd have to take care of him. Are you really prepared for that? Now?" Mileen thought a moment then shook her head no bowing to Twitty. Skylos came stumbling out of the command running back to the engine room..