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restored.” He looked at the next image; it showed a group of men in robes similar to the Emissars. They were commanding their followers, and he stared closer. There were other images, of men and women being sacrificed, thrown onto fires that flamed high into the sky.
    Rian had stopped; she, too, looked at them. “This is what My Princess fights for. For the freedom of the people.”
    “This is what the Emissars want to return to?”
    “They pray to their gods. They spill blood to their gods. My Princess should have the power to stop this, but the laws say she has none. The Emissars have surrounded her with those loyal to themselves, her power grows weaker every day.”
    “Why not call upon the guards loyal to her to fight?”
    “They too understand that she is a woman, and as yet unproven. If the old king had a son, then he would have been trained to fight, to be able to prove himself. But My Princess has not, and the Emissars have spread rumors that she is weak. The battle of Harroll proved otherwise, but the Emissars have spoken out against that victory too and claimed it as the work of their gods.”
    “She needs allies,” he murmured.
    “Yes. She does.” Rian kept her features blank, but he heard the meaning in her words.
    “And here was me thinking I was going to get paid for sex.”

Chapter Seven – Tallia
    She quickly stripped off her clothes and ran a bath. Indoor plumbing; she was sure this was one thing the Emissars wouldn’t have removed when, if , they took back power. While the water splashed into the tub, she went to the window to look out at the city below, taking in the solar panels that glittered in the sunlight. They certainly planned to dismantle the power grid, casting the world back into darkness, which was where their gods liked to roam.
    Gods. As far as Tallia could see, they used their gods to instill fear into the people. Live sacrifices had a habit of swaying people to do as they are told. She could not let that happen; she might not be a male, but she had the same blood in her system, and she was not going to lose the hard-won triumphs of her ancestors.
    Sinking down into the bath, she heard the door open and the soft steps of Rian coming towards her. “Have you found him a room?”
    “Yes. I have shown him to the green room.”
    “That is on the opposite side of the palace. There are closer rooms.”
    “There are, My Princess. But the route to the green room is more educational.”
    “You are a clever woman, Rian.”
    “If I were clever, I would not have been captured by slavers,” she said sadly.
    “I’m sorry. You could return.” Tallia had once offered Rian her freedom and a cruiser to take her home, but she had refused. Tallia had never worked out why.
    “I know.” The woman smiled. “Maybe if we asked Misha’Ha, she would tell us that it was fate for me to come here.”
    “You always try to look at things in a positive way, Rian.”
    “What other way is there?” she asked, picking up Tallia’s dress and hanging it up.
    “I don’t know. But I struggle every day. And today is no exception. I am about to get married to a big beast of a man who I do not know. And who possibly has the power to make me do his bidding. In what way is that better than bowing to the Emissars?”
    “He is probably a better lover than the Emissars,” Rian said and then giggled. “He may have the power to make you enjoy lying with him.”
    Tallia closed her eyes and imagined what he would be like naked. Huge. That was not a comforting thought. “But what about when it comes to ruling Carinia? I do not want a man by my side. I have not come this far to trade one tether for another. Not when I have no idea of his views.”
    “Then learn his views. Talk to him.”
    “I didn’t bring him here for talk.”
    “No, you brought him here so he can stick his big cock inside of you and make you scream in ecstasy.”
    Tallia giggled nervously at Rian’s words.
    “I will do everything in my