Chapter 94

Karandy nodded his understanding, listening attentively.

Vetta looked away. “When I was a slave, I never forgot the way it felt when an unwashed man forced his body on mine. No matter how you wash, you still feel dirty—even though I was born a slave. I want Danika to know that feeling. She was born a princess, so the feeling will be worse. The king’s aversion for human touch was because of this,” she revealed.

“The king hates human touch?” he asked.

“Everybody’s.” Except for Danika, she fumed in her mind, remembering what she saw the previous night.

Karandy wasn’t offended by her throwing his lowborn status in his face. Instead, he kept himself from feeling too excited about where this was leading. “So, what is the plan?” he asked.

“I will send the messenger bird to you when it’s time. I will bring the slave out of the palace into the woods. You and any number of men you come with can attack us; throw me aside because I’m not the late King Cone’s dau