Chapter 208: Consult

Baron Talia woke up about an hour later. Baron himself had tried to fall asleep but was only lulled to sleep by the sound of her soft breathing and the scent of her delicious aroma, which mostly stayed in his nose, not allowing him to sleep as peacefully as he wanted. Damn it to the gods, he cursed inwardly. He missed her terribly. But he knew exactly what she needed, and she didn’t need him—not like that. He sighed deeply as he tried to quiet the voice of doubt in his mind. "Do you remember what you told me?" he asked as he watched her tie a robe around her body. In his opinion, her body should be left as it was, naked as the day she was born and as the gods intended. He had told Talia this a while back, but she simply blushed and never spoke of it again as though it was such a terrible topic. And so, occasionally, he would watch her like this as she made a rather pathetic attempt to shield herself from his gaze. She didn’t really go much into detail. "I suppose, in a way, she was