Chapter 43

Rikash had made a mistake leaving her in Nadyr s care. Something had happened between them. He did not think Nadyr had rutted her, he was certain that he would have scented the other dominant male on her skin if so, but something had happened, nonetheless. His instincts screamed at him to strip Amelia down and rub every inch of her with his come, scent marking her, and erasing any shadow of scent that might haunt her skin from the other males stay in his domicile, but it wasn t an option. Instead, when his second s transparent ploy to see Amelia handed him the opportunity, he tested them both by having Nadyr report on his progress. Nadyr had not known that Amelia could understand him, Rikash had determined from how stoically his second had reported. It was interesting that Amelia had not betrayed this confidence to his second, and he felt some of the tension that pulled the muscles of his shoulders tight release. Whatever had passed between them, his second had not touched his